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 7; Exodus 1; Galatians 6; Revelation 8; Ecclesiastes 9; Psalms 51; Proverbs 20; 1 Samuel 2; Isaiah 51; Acts 23.

Luke 7

1	Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
2	And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
3	And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
4	And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
5	For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
6	Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
7	Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8	For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9	When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
10	And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
11	And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
12	Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
13	And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14	And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15	And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
16	And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
17	And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.
18	And the disciples of John showed him of all these things.
19	And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come or look we for another?
20	When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come or look we for another?
21	And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
22	Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
23	And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
24	And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25	But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
26	But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27	This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28	For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29	And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30	But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
31	And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32	They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33	For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34	The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35	But wisdom is justified of all her children.
36	And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
37	And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38	And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39	Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
40	And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
41	There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
42	And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
43	Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
44	And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
45	Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46	My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
47	Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
48	And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49	And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
50	And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

Exodus 1

1	Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2	Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3	Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4	Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5	And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
6	And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7	And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8	Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9	And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
10	Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
11	Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Rameses.
12	But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13	And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
14	And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
15	And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16	And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17	But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
18	And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19	And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20	Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21	And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22	And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Galatians 6

1	Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2	Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
3	For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4	But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5	For every man shall bear his own burden.
6	Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
7	Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8	For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9	And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10	As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
11	Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
12	As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
13	For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
14	But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
15	For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
16	And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
17	From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
18	Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Revelation 8

1	And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2	And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
3	And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4	And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5	And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6	And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7	The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8	And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9	And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10	And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11	And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12	And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13	And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Ecclesiastes 9

1	For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2	All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3	This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4	For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5	For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6	Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in any thing that is done under the sun.
7	Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8	Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9	Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun.
10	Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
11	I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12	For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13	This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14	There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
15	Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16	Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17	The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18	Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Psalms 51

1	To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2	Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3	For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4	Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5	Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6	Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7	Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8	Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9	Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10	Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11	Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12	Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13	Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14	Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15	O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
16	For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17	The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18	Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19	Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Proverbs 20

1	Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2	The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3	It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4	The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5	Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6	Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7	The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8	A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9	Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10	Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
11	Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12	The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13	Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14	It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15	There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16	Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17	Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18	Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19	He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20	Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21	An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22	Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23	Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24	Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25	It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
26	A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27	The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28	Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
29	The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
30	The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

1 Samuel 2

1	And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2	There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
3	Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
4	The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
5	They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
6	The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
7	The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8	He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
9	He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
10	The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
11	And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
12	Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
13	And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
14	And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
15	Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16	And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
17	Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
18	But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19	Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20	And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
21	And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
22	Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
23	And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
24	Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.
25	If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
26	And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.
27	And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
28	And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29	Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30	Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31	Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32	And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house forever.
33	And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
34	And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35	And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed forever.
36	And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

Isaiah 51

1	Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
2	Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
3	For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4	Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
5	My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
6	Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7	Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
8	For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
9	Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
10	Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
11	Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
12	I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
13	And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
14	The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
15	But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
16	And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
17	Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
18	There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
19	These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
20	Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
21	Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
22	Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
23	But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Acts 23

1	And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God unto this day.
2	And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
3	Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
4	And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
5	Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
6	But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
7	And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8	For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9	And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
10	And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
11	And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
12	And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13	And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
14	And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
15	Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you tomorrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
16	And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
17	Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
18	So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
19	Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
20	And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
21	But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
22	So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast showed these things to me.
23	And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
24	And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
25	And he wrote a letter after this manner:
26	Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
27	This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
28	And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
29	Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
30	And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
31	Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
32	On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
33	Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
34	And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
35	I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

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