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 18; Exodus 12; Colossians 1; Revelation 19; Song of Solomon 8; Psalms 62; Proverbs 31; 1 Samuel 13; Isaiah 62; Acts 6.

Luke 18

1	And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2	saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
3	And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4	And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5	Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6	And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7	And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8	I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
9	And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
10	Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11	The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12	I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13	And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14	I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15	And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16	But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
17	Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
18	And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
19	And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
20	Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother.
21	And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
22	Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
23	And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
24	And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
25	For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26	And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
27	And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
28	Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee,
29	And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
30	Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
31	Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
32	For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
33	And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
34	And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
35	And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
36	And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
37	And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
38	And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
39	And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
40	And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
41	saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42	And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
43	And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

Exodus 12

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2	This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3	Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house:
4	And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5	Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6	And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7	And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8	And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9	Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10	And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11	And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.
12	For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13	And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14	And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
15	Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
16	And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17	And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever.
18	In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19	Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20	Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
21	Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
22	And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
23	For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
24	And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons forever.
25	And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26	And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
27	That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshiped.
28	And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29	And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
30	And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
31	And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
32	Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33	And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
34	And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35	And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
36	And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
37	And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
38	And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
39	And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
40	Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41	And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
42	It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
43	And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44	But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45	A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.
46	In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
47	All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48	And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
49	One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
50	Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51	And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Colossians 1

1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2	To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3	We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4	Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints.
5	For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6	Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
7	As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
8	Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9	For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10	That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11	Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12	Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13	Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14	In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15	Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16	For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17	And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18	And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19	For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
20	And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21	And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22	In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight:
23	If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24	Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25	Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;
26	Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27	To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28	Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29	Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Revelation 19

1	And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God:
2	For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3	And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up forever and ever.
4	And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5	And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6	And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7	Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8	And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9	And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
10	And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11	And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12	His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13	And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14	And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15	And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16	And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17	And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18	That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19	And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20	And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21	And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Song of Solomon 8

1	O that thou wast as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
2	I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
3	His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4	I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5	Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bore thee.
6	Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7	Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
8	We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
9	If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
10	I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.
11	Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
12	My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13	Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
14	Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Psalms 62

1	To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
2	He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
3	How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4	They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5	My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6	He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved.
7	In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8	Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9	Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10	Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11	God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
12	Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Proverbs 31

1	The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2	What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3	Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
4	It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5	Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6	Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7	Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8	Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9	Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10	Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11	The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12	She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13	She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14	She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15	She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16	She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17	She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18	She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19	She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20	She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21	She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22	She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23	Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24	She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25	Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26	She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27	She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28	Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29	Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30	Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31	Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

1 Samuel 13

1	Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
2	Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3	And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
4	And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
5	And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
6	When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
7	And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8	And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
9	And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
10	And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
11	And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
12	Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
13	And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel forever.
14	But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
15	And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
16	And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
17	And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
18	And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19	Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
20	But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his colter, and his axe, and his mattock.
21	Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the colters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
22	So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
23	And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

Isaiah 62

1	For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
2	And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3	Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4	Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
5	For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
6	I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7	And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8	The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast labored:
9	But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10	Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11	Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
12	And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Acts 6

1	And in those days, when the number of the disciples were multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2	Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
3	Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4	But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5	And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6	Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7	And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
8	And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
9	Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
10	And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
11	Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
12	And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
13	And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
14	For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
15	And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

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