Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

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

Today, we are reading John 10; Exodus 28; Hebrews 13; 1 Timothy 5; Job 16; Psalms 78; Proverbs 16; 1 Samuel 29; Jeremiah 12; Acts 22.

John 10

1	Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2	But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3	To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4	And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5	And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6	This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7	Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8	All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9	I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10	The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11	I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12	But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13	The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14	I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15	As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16	And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17	Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18	No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19	There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20	And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21	Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22	And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23	And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24	Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25	Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26	But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27	My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28	And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29	My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30	I and my Father are one.
31	Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32	Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33	The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34	Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods
35	If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken;
36	Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37	If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38	But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39	Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40	And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41	And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
42	And many believed on him there.

Exodus 28

1	And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2	And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
3	And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
4	And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and an embroidered coat, a miter, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
5	And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
6	And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
7	It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
8	And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9	And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
10	Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
11	With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
12	And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
13	And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
14	And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15	And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
16	Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
17	And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
18	And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19	And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20	And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their enclosings.
21	And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
22	And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
23	And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24	And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25	And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod before it.
26	And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
27	And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
28	And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
29	And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
30	And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
31	And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32	And there shall be a hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a habergeon, that it be not rent.
33	And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
34	A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
35	And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
36	And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37	And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the miter; upon the forefront of the miter it shall be.
38	And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
39	And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the miter of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
40	And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
41	And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
42	And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43	And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever unto him and his seed after him.

Hebrews 13

1	Let brotherly love continue.
2	Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
3	Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4	Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
5	Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6	So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7	Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8	Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
9	Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
10	We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11	For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12	Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13	Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14	For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15	By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16	But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17	Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18	Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
19	But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20	Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21	Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
22	And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
23	Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
24	Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
25	Grace be with you all. Amen.

1 Timothy 5

1	Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2	The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3	Honor widows that are widows indeed.
4	But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5	Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6	But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
7	And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8	But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9	Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
10	Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
11	But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12	Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13	And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14	I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15	For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16	If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
17	Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
18	For the Scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward.
19	Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
20	Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
21	I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
22	Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
23	Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
24	Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
25	Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

Job 16

1	Then Job answered and said,
2	I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3	Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4	I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5	But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.
6	Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7	But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8	And thou hast filled me with wrath, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9	He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10	They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11	God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12	I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13	His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14	He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15	I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16	My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17	Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18	O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19	Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20	My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21	O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!
22	When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Psalms 78

1	Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2	I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3	Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4	We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5	For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6	That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7	That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8	And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9	The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10	They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11	And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had showed them.
12	Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13	He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap.
14	In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15	He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16	He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17	And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18	And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19	Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20	Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21	Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22	Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23	Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24	And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25	Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
26	He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27	He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28	And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29	So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30	They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31	The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32	For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33	Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34	When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
35	And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36	Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37	For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
38	But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39	For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40	How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41	Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42	They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43	How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44	And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45	He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46	He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labor unto the locust.
47	He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
48	He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49	He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50	He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51	And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52	But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53	And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54	And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55	He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56	Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57	But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58	For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59	When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60	So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61	And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62	He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63	The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64	Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65	Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66	And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67	Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68	But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69	And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established forever.
70	He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71	From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72	So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

Proverbs 16

1	The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
2	All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3	Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4	The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5	Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6	By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
7	When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8	Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9	A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10	A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
11	A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12	It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13	Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
14	The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15	In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16	How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17	The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18	Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19	Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20	He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
21	The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22	Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23	The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24	Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25	There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26	He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27	An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28	A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29	A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30	He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31	The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
32	He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
33	The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

1 Samuel 29

1	Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
2	And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
3	Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
4	And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
5	Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6	Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
7	Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
8	And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
9	And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
10	Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
11	So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Jeremiah 12

1	Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
2	Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
3	But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4	How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
5	If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
6	For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
7	I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8	Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
9	Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
10	Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11	They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
12	The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
13	They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
14	Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15	And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
16	And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
17	But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

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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