Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading Luke 6; Genesis 50; Galatians 5; Revelation 7; Ecclesiastes 8; Psalms 50; Proverbs 19; 1 Samuel 1; Isaiah 50; Acts 22.

Luke 6

1	And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2	And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days
3	And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry, and they which were with him;
4	How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
5	And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6	And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
7	And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
8	But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
9	Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
10	And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
11	And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
12	And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
13	And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14	Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15	Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
16	And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
17	And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
18	And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19	And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
20	And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21	Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22	Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23	Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
24	But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
25	Woe unto you that are full for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26	Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
27	But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28	Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29	And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
30	Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31	And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32	For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
33	And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34	And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35	But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36	Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37	Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38	Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
39	And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40	The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
41	And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42	Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43	For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44	For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45	A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
46	And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47	Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
48	He is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49	But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

Genesis 50

1	And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2	And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3	And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
4	And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5	My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
6	And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
7	And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8	And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9	And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10	And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
11	And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12	And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13	For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burial place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14	And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
15	And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
16	And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
17	So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.
18	And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19	And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20	But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21	Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.
22	And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
23	And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
24	And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25	And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
26	So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Galatians 5

1	Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2	Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3	For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4	Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5	For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6	For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
7	Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8	This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
9	A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10	I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
11	And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offense of the cross ceased.
12	I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
13	For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14	For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
15	But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16	This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17	For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18	But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19	Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20	Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21	Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22	But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23	Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24	And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25	If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26	Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Revelation 7

1	And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2	And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3	saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4	And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5	Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6	Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7	Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8	Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9	After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10	And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11	And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God,
12	saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen.
13	And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14	And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15	Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16	They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17	For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Ecclesiastes 8

1	Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
2	I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
3	Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4	Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5	Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6	Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
7	For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8	There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9	All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10	And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
11	Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12	Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
13	But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
14	There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
15	Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16	When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes: )
17	Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Psalms 50

1	A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2	Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3	Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4	He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5	Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6	And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7	Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8	I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9	I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10	For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11	I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12	If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
13	Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14	Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15	And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16	But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17	Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18	When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19	Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20	Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21	These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22	Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23	Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.

Proverbs 19

1	Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2	Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
3	The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
4	Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.
5	A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
6	Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7	All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
8	He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9	A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
10	Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11	The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12	The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
13	A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14	House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15	Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16	He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
17	He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
18	Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
19	A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
20	Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21	There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
22	The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
23	The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24	A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25	Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
26	He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27	Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
28	An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
29	Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

1 Samuel 1

1	Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.
2	And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
3	And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
4	And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
5	But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
6	And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
7	And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8	Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
9	So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
10	And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
11	And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
12	And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
13	Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14	And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
15	And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
16	Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
17	Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
18	And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
19	And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
20	Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
21	And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
22	But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever.
23	And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
24	And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
25	And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
26	And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
27	For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
28	Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshiped the LORD there.

Isaiah 50

1	Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2	Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
3	I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
4	The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
5	The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
6	I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7	For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8	He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
9	Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
10	Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
11	Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

Acts 22

1	Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you.
2	(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
3	I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
4	And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5	As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
6	And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
7	And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8	And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
9	And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
10	And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
11	And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
12	And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
13	Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
14	And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
15	For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16	And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17	And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
18	And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19	And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20	And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21	And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22	And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23	And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
24	The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
25	And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26	When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27	Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28	And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29	Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30	On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

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