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 19; Deuteronomy 14; 2 Corinthians 10; 1 Peter 2; Ecclesiastes 2; Psalms 54; Proverbs 13; 1 Kings 1; Jeremiah 38; Acts 18.

John 19

1	Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2	And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3	And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4	Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5	Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6	When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7	The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8	When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9	And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10	Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11	Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12	And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13	When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14	And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15	But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16	Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17	And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18	Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19	And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20	This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21	Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The king of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22	Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23	Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24	They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25	Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26	When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27	Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28	After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29	Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30	When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31	The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32	Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33	But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs:
34	But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35	And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36	For these things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37	And again another Scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38	And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39	And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight.
40	Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41	Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid.
42	There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.

Deuteronomy 14

1	Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2	For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
3	Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
4	These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5	The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6	And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
7	Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
8	And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.
9	These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
10	And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
11	Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
12	But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey,
13	And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14	And every raven after his kind,
15	And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,
16	The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
17	And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,
18	And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
19	And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
20	But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
21	Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
22	Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
23	And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
24	And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
25	Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26	And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27	And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28	At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29	And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

2 Corinthians 10

1	Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2	But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
3	For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4	(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
5	Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6	And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
7	Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
8	For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
9	That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10	For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
11	Let such a one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
12	For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themseves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
13	But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
14	For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
15	Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
16	To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
17	But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18	For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

1 Peter 2

1	Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2	As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3	If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4	To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5	Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6	Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7	Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8	And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9	But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
10	Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11	Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12	Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13	Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14	Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15	For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16	As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17	Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
18	Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19	For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20	For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21	For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22	Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23	Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24	Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
25	For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Ecclesiastes 2

1	I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
2	I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3	I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4	I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5	I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6	I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7	I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8	I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9	So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10	And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.
11	Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12	And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13	Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14	The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15	Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16	For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17	Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18	Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19	And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20	Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
21	For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22	For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun?
23	For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24	There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25	For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26	For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Psalms 54

1	To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
2	Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3	For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
4	Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
5	He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
6	I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
7	For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Proverbs 13

1	A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2	A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
3	He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4	The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5	A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6	Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7	There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8	The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
9	The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
10	Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11	Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.
12	Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13	Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14	The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
15	Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.
16	Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
17	A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
18	Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
19	The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20	He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21	Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
22	A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
23	Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
24	He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him quickly.
25	The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

1 Kings 1

1	Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.
2	Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
3	So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4	And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5	Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
6	And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bore him after Absalom.
7	And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
8	But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
9	And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
10	But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
11	Wherefore Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
12	Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
13	Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
14	Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
15	And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
16	And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
17	And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
18	And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
19	And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
20	And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21	Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
22	And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23	And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24	And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
25	For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
26	But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
27	Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28	Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
29	And the king swore, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
30	Even as I swore unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
31	Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
32	And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33	The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
34	And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
35	Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
36	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
37	As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
38	So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39	And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
40	And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
41	And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
42	And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43	And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44	And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
45	And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
46	And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
47	And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
48	And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
49	And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
50	And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
51	And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
52	And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
53	So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

Jeremiah 38

1	Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
2	Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
3	Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
4	Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
5	Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
6	Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7	Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
8	Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
9	My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
10	Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
11	So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12	And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
13	So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
14	Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
15	Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
16	So Zedekiah the king swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
17	Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
18	But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
19	And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
20	But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
21	But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath showed me:
22	And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
23	So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
24	Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
25	But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
26	Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
27	Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
28	So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

Acts 18

1	After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth;
2	And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; because that (Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome: ) and came unto them.
3	And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4	And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5	And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
6	And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7	And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
8	And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
9	Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
10	For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
11	And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12	And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13	saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
14	And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
15	But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
16	And he drove them from the judgment seat.
17	Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
18	And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
19	And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20	When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
21	But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
22	And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
23	And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24	And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25	This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
26	And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
27	And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
28	For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

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