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 20; Deuteronomy 15; 2 Corinthians 11; 1 Peter 3; Ecclesiastes 3; Psalms 55; Proverbs 14; 1 Kings 2; Jeremiah 39; Acts 19.

John 20

1	The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher.
2	Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him.
3	Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher.
4	So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulcher.
5	And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6	Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
7	And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
8	Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed.
9	For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
10	Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11	But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher,
12	And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13	And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
14	And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15	Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16	Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17	Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18	Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
19	Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20	And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
21	Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22	And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23	Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24	But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25	The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
26	And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace, be unto you.
27	Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28	And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29	Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
30	And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31	But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Deuteronomy 15

1	At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
2	And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth aught unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
3	Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
4	Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
5	Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
6	For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
7	If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
8	But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
9	Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him naught; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
10	Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
11	For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
12	And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
13	And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
14	Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
15	And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing today.
16	And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
17	Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant forever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
18	It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
19	All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
20	Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
21	And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
22	Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
23	Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

2 Corinthians 11

1	Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
2	For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3	But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4	For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
5	For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
6	But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
7	Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
8	I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
9	And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
10	As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11	Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12	But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
13	For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14	And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15	Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
16	I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
17	That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18	Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19	For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
20	For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
21	I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, I (speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22	Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
23	Are they ministers of Christ? I (speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
24	Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
25	Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26	In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27	In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28	Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29	Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
30	If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
31	The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed forevermore, knoweth that I lie not.
32	In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33	And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

1 Peter 3

1	Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2	While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3	Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4	But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5	For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6	Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7	Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
8	Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9	Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10	For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11	Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12	For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
13	And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14	But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15	But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16	Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17	For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18	For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19	By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20	Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21	The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22	Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Ecclesiastes 3

1	To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2	A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3	A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4	A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5	A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6	A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7	A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8	A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9	What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
10	I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11	He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12	I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13	And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
14	I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
15	That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16	And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17	I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18	I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19	For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20	All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21	Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22	Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Psalms 55

1	To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2	Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3	Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4	My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5	Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6	And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7	Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8	I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9	Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10	Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11	Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12	For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13	But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14	We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15	Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16	As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17	Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18	He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19	God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20	He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21	The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22	Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23	But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Proverbs 14

1	Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
2	He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
3	In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4	Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
5	A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6	A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7	Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8	The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9	Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
10	The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
11	The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12	There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13	Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14	The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
15	The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
16	A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17	He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18	The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19	The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20	The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich hath many friends.
21	He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22	Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
23	In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
24	The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25	A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
26	In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27	The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28	In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29	He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30	A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31	He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
32	The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
33	Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
34	Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
35	The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

1 Kings 2

1	Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2	I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
3	And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
4	That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
5	Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6	Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7	But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8	And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9	Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10	So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11	And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12	Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
13	And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14	He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15	And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
16	And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
17	And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18	And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19	Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20	Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
21	And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
22	And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
23	Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
24	Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
25	And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26	And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
27	So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28	Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29	And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30	And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31	And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32	And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33	Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace forever from the LORD.
34	So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35	And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36	And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37	For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38	And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
39	And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
40	And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41	And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42	And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
43	Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44	The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
45	And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever.
46	So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Jeremiah 39

1	In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2	And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
3	And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
4	And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
5	But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
6	Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
7	Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
8	And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
9	Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
10	But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11	Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
12	Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
13	So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;
14	Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
15	Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
16	Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
17	But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
18	For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.

Acts 19

1	And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2	He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3	And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4	Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5	When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6	And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7	And all the men were about twelve.
8	And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9	But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10	And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11	And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12	So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13	Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14	And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15	And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16	And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17	And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18	And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds.
19	Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20	So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21	After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22	So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23	And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24	For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25	Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26	Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27	So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28	And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29	And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater.
30	And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
31	And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theater.
32	Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33	And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense unto the people.
34	But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35	And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36	Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37	For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38	Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
39	But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40	For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41	And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

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