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{
"book": "Revelation",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": "1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;"
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "2",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden."
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "But that which ye have already hold fast till I come."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:"
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father."
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "And I will give him the morning star."
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "3",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "4",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "5",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "6",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "7",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "8",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "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;"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "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;"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "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!"
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "9",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "10",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "11",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "12",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "13",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "If any man have an ear, let him hear."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "14",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "15",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "16",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "17",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "18",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;"
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "19",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "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;"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "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 worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "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."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "20",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "21",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;"
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it."
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it."
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "22",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
}
]
}
]
}fs_store()
{
"book": "Romans",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": "1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:"
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:"
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet."
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;"
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,"
},
{
"verse": "30",
"text": "Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,"
},
{
"verse": "31",
"text": "Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:"
},
{
"verse": "32",
"text": "Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "2",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Who will render to every man according to his deeds:"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "For there is no respect of persons with God."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,"
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?"
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?"
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?"
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written."
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?"
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?"
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:"
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "3",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Their feet are swift to shed blood:"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Destruction and misery are in their ways:"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And the way of peace have they not known:"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;"
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:"
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith."
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law."
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:"
},
{
"verse": "30",
"text": "Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith."
},
{
"verse": "31",
"text": "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "4",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:"
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;"
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;"
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "5",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And patience, experience; and experience, hope:"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "6",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "For he that is dead is freed from sin."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "7",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:"
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?"
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "8",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?"
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God."
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren."
},
{
"verse": "30",
"text": "Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."
},
{
"verse": "31",
"text": "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"
},
{
"verse": "32",
"text": "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"
},
{
"verse": "33",
"text": "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth."
},
{
"verse": "34",
"text": "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."
},
{
"verse": "35",
"text": "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"
},
{
"verse": "36",
"text": "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
},
{
"verse": "37",
"text": "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
},
{
"verse": "38",
"text": "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,"
},
{
"verse": "39",
"text": "Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "9",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?"
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?"
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:"
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,"
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?"
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God."
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:"
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth."
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha."
},
{
"verse": "30",
"text": "What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith."
},
{
"verse": "31",
"text": "But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "32",
"text": "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;"
},
{
"verse": "33",
"text": "As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "10",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "11",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;"
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?"
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:"
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins."
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes."
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."
},
{
"verse": "30",
"text": "For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:"
},
{
"verse": "31",
"text": "Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy."
},
{
"verse": "32",
"text": "For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all."
},
{
"verse": "33",
"text": "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!"
},
{
"verse": "34",
"text": "For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?"
},
{
"verse": "35",
"text": "Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?"
},
{
"verse": "36",
"text": "For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "12",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "13",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "14",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Let not then your good be evil spoken of:"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "15",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;"
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company."
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints."
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things."
},
{
"verse": "28",
"text": "When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain."
},
{
"verse": "29",
"text": "And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ."
},
{
"verse": "30",
"text": "Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;"
},
{
"verse": "31",
"text": "That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;"
},
{
"verse": "32",
"text": "That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed."
},
{
"verse": "33",
"text": "Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "16",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother."
},
{
"verse": "24",
"text": "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
},
{
"verse": "25",
"text": "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,"
},
{
"verse": "26",
"text": "But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:"
},
{
"verse": "27",
"text": "To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen."
}
]
}
]
}fs_store()
{
"book": "Ruth",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": "1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?"
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?"
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "2",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:"
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "3",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "4",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,"
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,"
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David."
}
]
}
]
}fs_store()
{
"book": "Song of Solomon",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": "1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "The song of songs, which is Solomon’s."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "2",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "3",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "4",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "5",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "6",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "7",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "8",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "O that thou wert 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."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "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 bare thee."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "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."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "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?"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices."
}
]
}
]
}fs_store()
{
"book": "Titus",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": "1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "2",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "3",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen."
}
]
}
]
}fs_store()
{
"book": "Zechariah",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": "1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "And the LORD shewed me four carpenters."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "2",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "3",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "4",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "5",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "6",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;"
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;"
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "7",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,"
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?"
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?"
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:"
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "8",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;"
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:"
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:"
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,"
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:"
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also."
},
{
"verse": "22",
"text": "Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "23",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "9",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "10",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "11",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "12",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;"
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;"
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "13",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:"
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends."
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": "14",
"verses": [
{
"verse": "1",
"text": "Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee."
},
{
"verse": "2",
"text": "For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city."
},
{
"verse": "3",
"text": "Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle."
},
{
"verse": "4",
"text": "And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south."
},
{
"verse": "5",
"text": "And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee."
},
{
"verse": "6",
"text": "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:"
},
{
"verse": "7",
"text": "But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light."
},
{
"verse": "8",
"text": "And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be."
},
{
"verse": "9",
"text": "And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one."
},
{
"verse": "10",
"text": "All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses."
},
{
"verse": "11",
"text": "And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited."
},
{
"verse": "12",
"text": "And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth."
},
{
"verse": "13",
"text": "And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour."
},
{
"verse": "14",
"text": "And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance."
},
{
"verse": "15",
"text": "And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague."
},
{
"verse": "16",
"text": "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles."
},
{
"verse": "17",
"text": "And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain."
},
{
"verse": "18",
"text": "And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles."
},
{
"verse": "19",
"text": "This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles."
},
{
"verse": "20",
"text": "In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar."
},
{
"verse": "21",
"text": "Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts."
}
]
}
]
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