Daniel 6 Cross References - ACV

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom, ² and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no damage. ³ Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. ⁴ Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion nor fault, inasmuch as he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him. ⁵ Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God. ⁶ Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him: King Darius, live forever. ⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. ⁸ Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter. ⁹ Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. ¹⁰ And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did formerly. ¹¹ Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. ¹² Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict. Have thou not signed an interdict, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter. ¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the sons of the captivity of Judah, does not regard thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou have signed, but makes his petition three times a day. ¹⁴ Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him. ¹⁵ Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establishes may be changed. ¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou serve continually, he will deliver thee. ¹⁷ And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. ¹⁸ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, nor were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him. ¹⁹ Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions. ²⁰ And when he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou serve continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? ²¹ Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever. ²² My God has sent his agent, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, inasmuch as before him innocence was found in me. And also before thee, O king, I have done no harm. ²³ Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of harm was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God. ²⁴ And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den. ²⁵ Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. ²⁶ I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, and steadfast forever. And his kingdom is that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even to the end. ²⁷ He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. ²⁸ So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

²¹ Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, ²² and let them judge the people at all seasons. And it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring to thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

¹ Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

³¹ And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

¹⁴ or to governors as being sent by him for vengeance of evildoers and praise of well-doers.

³⁰ Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

²² And take heed that ye be not slack in this matter. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

⁴ For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.

⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks injury.

⁴⁸ Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. ⁴⁹ And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon, but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

¹⁶ But I have heard of thee, that thou can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts. Now if thou can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, thou shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

²⁹ Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

²³ Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a king, who wanted to settle account with his bondmen.

² And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.

¹³ And having called ten of his bondmen, he gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business until I come. ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us. ¹⁵ And it came to pass for him to return, having taken the kingdom. And he said for these bondmen to be called to him, to whom he gave the silver, so that he might know what any man gained by trading. ¹⁶ And the first came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained ten minas. ¹⁷ And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities. ¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy mina gained five minas. ¹⁹ And he also said to him, And thou become over five cities. ²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy mina, which I had put away in a napkin. ²¹ For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow. ²² He says to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, thou evil bondman. Thou had known that I am an austere man taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow. ²³ Then why did thou not give my silver into a bank, and having come I would have collected it with interest? ²⁴ And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas. ²⁵ And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas. ²⁶ For I say to you, that to every man who has, will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ²⁷ Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.

² And beyond that, it is sought in managers that any man should be found faithful.

³⁸ And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God? ³⁹ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou. ⁴⁰ Thou shall be over my house, and according to thy word all my people shall be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than thou. ⁴¹ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

² that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

³ For Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

³ Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart, ⁴ so thou shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

²⁷ He who spares his words has knowledge, and he who is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

²⁹ See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

¹³ Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as far as light excels darkness.

¹² inasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

¹⁴ I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee.

²³ At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went forth, and I have come to tell thee, for thou are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

¹⁸ And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house, and they said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our donkeys.

⁴ But his father and his mother knew not that it was of LORD, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

¹⁴ And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and LORD was with him.

⁴ And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against thee, and because his works have been very good toward thee. ⁵ For he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and LORD wrought a great victory for all Israel. Thou saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will thou sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

¹⁴ Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

¹² The wicked man plots against the righteous man, and gnashes upon him with his teeth. ¹³ The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

³² A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him. ³³ LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

²⁷ An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to a wicked man.

⁴ Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

¹⁸ Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah. For the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

²³ Yet, LORD, thou know all their counsel against me to kill me. Do not forgive their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee. Deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

¹⁰ For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

⁸ Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

⁴ and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.

¹⁸ For he knew that they delivered him up because of envy.

²⁰ And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

² And the chief priests and the scholars sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people.

¹⁴ said to them, Ye brought this man to me as turning away the people. And behold, I, having examined him before you, found nothing guilty in this man of what ye accuse against him. ¹⁵ But not even Herod, for I sent you back to him, and lo, nothing having been done by him is worthy of death.

⁴ Therefore Pilate again went forth outside, and says to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, so that ye may know that I find not one cause in him.

¹² But what I do, I also will do, so that I may cut off the opportunity of those who desire an opportunity, that in what they boast, they might appear just as we also.

¹⁵ so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

¹⁴ I desire therefore the younger women to marry, to bear children, to manage house, to give not one occasion to him who opposes on account of slander.

⁸ sound speech, irreproachable, so that the man of opposition may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

¹² Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evildoers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.

¹⁶ Having a good conscience, so that, in what they speak against you as of evildoers, they may be ashamed, those who revile your good behavior in Christ.

¹⁴ Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified. ¹⁵ For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a busybody. ¹⁶ But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.

¹⁷ And he said to David, Thou are more righteous than I, for thou have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to thee evil.

⁸ And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from those of every people, nor do they keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to endure them.

⁶ When therefore the chief priests and the subordinates saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Ye take him and crucify, for I find no cause in him. ⁷ The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God.

¹³ Neither can they prove against me of which things they now accuse me. ¹⁴ But this I confess to thee, that according to the Way that they call a sect, so serve I the paternal God, believing all things written according to the law and the prophets, ¹⁵ having hope toward God, which they themselves also await, to come to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. ¹⁶ And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always non-stumbling before God and men.

²⁰ Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me, having stood before the council, ²¹ or about this one voice that I cried out standing among them: About a resurrection of the dead I am judged by you this day.

³ And I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?

⁶ They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

³ How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may kill, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

² Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of the workers of iniquity, ³ who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, ⁴ that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. ⁵ They encourage themselves in an evil purpose. They converse of laying snares secretly. They say, Who will see them? ⁶ They search out iniquities, saying, We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart are deep.

⁴ Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever. Tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

⁹ They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live forever.

¹⁰ Now the queen came into the banquet house because of the words of the king and his lords. The queen spoke and said, O king, live forever. Let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.

¹¹ Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

²¹ Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.

²³ And the governor said, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, saying, He should be crucified. ²⁴ And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it. ²⁵ And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

²³ But they were relentless with loud voices demanding him to be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. ²⁴ And Pilate decreed their request to happen. ²⁵ And he released the man who had been cast into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they asked for, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

²² And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live. ²³ And of them crying out, and throwing off their garments, and casting dust into the air,

² And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Experiencing much peace because of thee, and worthy deeds happening to this nation because of thy foresight,

² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

⁹ He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lies in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.

³ For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

⁴ They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

¹ O God, keep thou not silence. Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. ² For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult, and those who hate thee have lifted up the head. ³ They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult together against thy hidden ones.

²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?

² Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

⁶ And he who does not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

¹¹ And he who does not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

²⁷ And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed. Neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

² and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no damage. ³ Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

⁵ O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him. Remember from Shittim to Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of LORD.

¹² The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with prey.

¹⁴ But when they went out, the Pharisees held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

¹ And straightaway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scholars and the whole council, having made a plan, after binding Jesus, they took him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

¹⁰ But the chief priests decided that they should kill Lazarus also,

⁵ And it came to pass on the morrow, to be assembled in Jerusalem, their rulers, and elders, and scholars, ⁶ and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family. ⁷ And after placing them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?

²⁶ The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord, and against his Christ. ²⁷ For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, ²⁸ to do as many things as thy hand and thy purpose predetermined to happen.

¹⁹ If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

¹² Then the king's scribes were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it. And there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the rulers of every people, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, in the name of king Ahasuerus it was written. And it was sealed with the king's ring.

³ And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

⁸ Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring, for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

¹⁰ And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service bred of the stud,

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness,

¹² Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict. Have thou not signed an interdict, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.

¹⁵ Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.

³⁵ The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not pass away.

⁹ Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity. ¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart on it.

⁹ It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in rulers.

³ Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

² thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.

²² Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for how is he to be accounted of?

³⁰ And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and when thou hear, forgive.

³⁸ whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house,

⁴⁴ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way thou shall send them, and they pray to LORD toward the city which thou have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name,

⁴⁸ if they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who carried them captive, and pray to thee toward their land, which thou gave to their fathers, the city which thou have chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name, ⁴⁹ then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their case, ⁵⁰ and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions by which they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

⁵⁴ And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to LORD, he arose from before the altar of LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.

¹³ For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court. And upon it he stood, and knelt down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.

³⁸ if they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gave to their fathers, and the city which thou have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name,

⁵ And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to LORD my God,

¹¹ And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

⁷ But as for me, in the abundance of thy loving kindness I will come into thy house. In thy fear I will worship toward thy holy temple.

¹ In LORD I take refuge. How will ye say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain. ² For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

¹ I will bless LORD at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

¹⁷ Evening, and morning, and at noonday, I will complain and moan. And he will hear my voice.

³ Be merciful to me, O Lord, for to thee do I cry all the day long.

⁶ O come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before LORD our maker.

¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the sons of the captivity of Judah, does not regard thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.

⁴ And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes. Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not therefore, ye are of worth more than many sparrows. ³² Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens. ³³ But whoever would deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father in the heavens.

⁴ And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after these things not having anything more severe to do. ⁵ But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him. ⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God. ⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are superior to many sparrows. ⁸ And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God, ⁹ but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God.

²⁶ If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

⁴¹ And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw. And he knelt down and prayed,

¹ And while fulfilling the day of Pentecost, they were all together at the same place. ² And suddenly there developed a sound from the sky as of a forceful wind moving, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

¹⁵ For these men are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day.

¹ Now at the same time Peter and John were going up into the temple, at the hour of prayer, the ninth.

¹⁷ But that it may not spread on further among the people, let us threaten them with threats to speak no longer in this name, to not one man. ¹⁸ And having called them, they commanded them entirely, not to utter nor to teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John having replied to them, they said, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than God, judge ye.

²⁹ And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

²⁰ Go ye, and after standing in the temple, speak to the people all the sayings of this Life.

²⁹ And Peter and the apostles having answered, they said, We must obey God rather than men.

⁴⁰ And they were persuaded by him. And after summoning the apostles, having beat them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. ⁴¹ Indeed therefore they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be treated shamefully for the name of Jesus. ⁴² And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching good news, Jesus, the Christ.

⁶⁰ And having knelt down, he cried out in a great voice, Lord, place not this sin to them. And after saying this, he slept.

⁴⁰ But Peter, having sent them all out, having knelt down, he prayed. And having turned to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And the woman opened her eyes. And when she saw Peter, she sat up.

⁹ Now on the morrow, while those men were traveling and approaching the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.

²⁴ But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good news of the grace of God.

³⁶ And having spoken these things, having knelt down, he prayed with them all.

⁵ And when it came to pass for us to finish the days, having gone forth, we were departing, all accompanying us, with women and children, as far as outside the city. And having knelt on the beach we prayed.

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁴ And more of the brothers in the Lord have been convinced by my bonds to be much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.

²⁰ according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be shamed in nothing. But with all boldness, now as always, Christ will also be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

⁶ Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.

¹⁷ And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.

¹⁷ Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸ In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

¹⁶ Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.

¹⁵ Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.

¹⁰ Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹³ I know thy works, and where thou dwell, where Satan's throne is. And thou hold firm my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

⁶ Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him: King Darius, live forever.

⁸ Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews. ⁹ They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live forever. ¹⁰ Thou, O king, have made a decree, that every man who shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. ¹¹ And he who does not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. ¹² There are certain Jews whom thou have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not regarded thee. They do not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou have set up.

⁸ Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their business was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.

²⁴ who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.

² And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Experiencing much peace because of thee, and worthy deeds happening to this nation because of thy foresight, ³ we welcome, both always and everywhere, eminent Felix, with all thankfulness. ⁴ But, that I may not detain thee on more, I entreat thee in thy clemency to hear us briefly. ⁵ For we have found this man a plague, who even instigates sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, ⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple, whom also we took, ⁷ [This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.] ⁸ from whom thou will be able, having examined him, to learn about all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews also agreed, claiming to have these things this way.

⁶ Now among these were, of the sons of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

²⁵ Then Arioch brought Daniel in before the king in haste, and said thus to him: I have found a man of the sons of the captivity of Judah, who will make known the interpretation to the king.

¹² There are certain Jews whom thou have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not regarded thee. They do not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou have set up.

¹³ Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are thou that Daniel, who are of the sons of the captivity of Judah, whom my father the king brought out of Judah?

⁷ whom Jason has received. And all these men are acting against the decrees of Caesar, asserting another man to be king, Jesus.

²⁸ And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. ²⁹ Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house. And let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

¹⁷ When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do ye want I should release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? ¹⁸ For he knew that they delivered him up because of envy. ¹⁹ And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, There is nothing for thee and that righteous man. For I suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. ²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹ Now the governor having answered, he said to them, Which of the two do ye want I would release to you? And they said, Barabbas. ²² Pilate says to them, What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ? They all say to him, He should be crucified. ²³ And the governor said, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, saying, He should be crucified. ²⁴ And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it.

²⁶ And the king, who became exceeding sorry, did not want to refuse her because of the oaths, and of those dining together.

¹³ And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, ¹⁴ said to them, Ye brought this man to me as turning away the people. And behold, I, having examined him before you, found nothing guilty in this man of what ye accuse against him. ¹⁵ But not even Herod, for I sent you back to him, and lo, nothing having been done by him is worthy of death. ¹⁶ Therefore, having scourged I will release him. ¹⁷ Now he had need to release one man to them at every feast. ¹⁸ But they cried out all together, saying, Take away this man, and release to us Barabbas ¹⁹ (a man who was cast into prison because of a certain insurrection that occurred in the city, and for murder). ²⁰ Again therefore Pilate called out wanting to release Jesus, ²¹ but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.

⁷ The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God. ⁸ When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was more afraid. ⁹ And he went into the Praetorium again, and says to Jesus, Where are thou from? But Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ Pilate therefore says to him, Thou do not speak to me? Know thou not that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee? ¹¹ Jesus answered him, Thou would have no authority against me, unless it were given thee from above. Because of this he who delivered me to thee has greater sin. ¹² From this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou are not Caesar's friend. Every man who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.

²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute? ²¹ They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.

³⁹ And I am this day weak, though anointed king, and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. LORD reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.

¹⁹ He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is of LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble, ⁴⁰ and LORD helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from sinners, and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

¹⁴ Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known my name. ¹⁵ He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. ¹⁶ I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.

⁸ It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in man. ⁹ It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in rulers.

²⁵ The fear of man brings a snare, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be safe.

² When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

¹⁴ But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

⁵ And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

¹⁵ Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, well. But if ye do not worship, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hands?

¹⁷ If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.

²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his agent, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

²⁰ And when he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou serve continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

⁸ And she, having been put forward by her mother, says, Give me here on a platter the head of John the immerser. ⁹ And he became sad, but because of the oaths, and of those dining together, the king commanded it to be given. ¹⁰ And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison.

²³ And the governor said, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, saying, He should be crucified. ²⁴ And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it. ²⁵ And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children. ²⁶ Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus he delivered him so that he would be crucified.

²⁵ And having come in straightaway with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I want that thou may give me, of it on a platter, the head of John the immerser. ²⁶ And the king, who became exceeding sorry, did not want to refuse her because of the oaths, and of those dining together. ²⁷ And straightaway having sent an executioner, the king commanded his head to be brought. And having departed, he beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the maiden. And the maiden gave it to her mother.

¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, Crucify him. ¹⁵ And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficient for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.

¹² From this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou are not Caesar's friend. Every man who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. ¹³ When Pilate therefore heard this word, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews, Look at your king! ¹⁵ But they cried out, Away, away, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king except Caesar. ¹⁶ Therefore he then delivered him to them, so that he might be crucified, and they took and led Jesus away.

²⁷ But two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus. And wanting to lay down favors to the Jews, Felix left behind Paul bound.

⁹ But Festus, wanting to lay down a favor to the Jews, having answered Paul, said, Are thou willing, after going up to Jerusalem, to be judged there about these things before me?

¹¹ For if I am indeed wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing of what these men accuse me, no man can give me to them freely. I appeal Caesar.

²³ For there stood by me this night an agent of the God whose I am, whom also I serve, ²⁴ saying, Fear not, Paul. Thou must stand before Caesar, and lo, God has granted thee all those sailing with thee.

³ For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.

⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

⁶⁰ and laid it in his own new sepulcher, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, he departed. ⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. ⁶² Now on the morrow, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, ⁶³ saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was still alive, After three days I am raised. ⁶⁴ Command therefore to secure the tomb until the third day, lest his disciples having come by night steal him away, and say to the people, He was raised from the dead. And the last error will be worse than the first. ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, Ye have security. Go, make it as secure as ye know how. ⁶⁶ And having gone, they made the tomb secure, with the security having sealed the stone.

⁴ whom, having also arrested, he put in prison, having delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

²³ And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely, ²⁴ who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.

¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child. And David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the ground. ¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the ground, but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

²⁴ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

²⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

¹ On that night the king could not sleep. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

¹² They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

⁴ Thou have held my eyelids watching. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

² Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.

⁸ I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, and a wife and wives.

⁸ The mirth of tambourine ceases. The noise of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. ⁹ They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

¹ And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams. And his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

⁴ who lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall, ⁵ who sing idle songs to the sound of the viol, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David, ⁶ who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

³ So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, of three days' journey. ⁴ And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey. And he cried out, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. ⁵ And the people of Nineveh believed God, and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. ⁶ And the news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. ⁷ And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed, nor drink water, ⁸ but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily to God. Yea, let them turn each one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. ⁹ Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish?

²² And a sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters will, no, not be heard in thee any more. And every craftsman of every craft will, no, not be found in thee any more. And a sound of a millstone will, no, not be heard in thee any more.

¹ Now late on the sabbath day, being dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

² And very much early morning on the first day of the week, they come near to the sepulcher when the sun was risen.

¹³ I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia.

⁵ Because of this, I too, no longer covering over it, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow he who tempts was tempting you, and our labor became in vain.

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for LORD? At the set time I will return to thee, when the season comes round, and Sarah shall have a son.

²³ And LORD said to Moses, Is LORD's hand grown short? Now thou shall see whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.

¹⁵ Now if thou shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, ¹⁶ Because LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.

¹¹ Seek ye LORD and his strength. Seek his face evermore.

¹⁴ But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more. ¹⁵ My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, of thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers. ¹⁶ I will come with the mighty acts of the lord LORD. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. ¹⁷ O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now. ¹⁸ Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

²³ Nevertheless I am continually with thee. Thou have held my right hand.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes forever, even to the end.

² While I live I will praise LORD. I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

¹⁷ Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of LORD all the day long. ¹⁸ For surely there is a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

¹⁷ Ah lord LORD! Behold, thou have made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for thee,

²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his agent, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. ²⁹ Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.

¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou serve continually, he will deliver thee.

²⁷ He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

⁶ Therefore turn thou to thy God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

³⁷ For no word from God will be impossible.

¹ And he also spoke a parable to them about it being necessary to always pray, and not to give up,

⁴ But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word.

⁷ to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality-eternal life-

¹⁰ Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.

² Continue in prayer, being vigilant in it with thankfulness.

¹² Because of which reason I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to preserve my consignment for that day.

¹⁶ At my first defense no man came with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them. ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸ And the Lord will rescue me from every evil work, and will save me for his heavenly kingdom, to whom is the glory into the ages of the ages. Truly.

²⁵ Whereupon he is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, being always alive in order to intercede on their behalf.

²⁵ But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep them non-stumbling, and to present before his glory, unblemished in gladness,

¹⁵ For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

¹⁶ And when we cried to LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an agent, and brought us forth out of Egypt. And, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the outermost of thy border.

³⁷ And David said, LORD who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and LORD shall be with thee.

⁹ And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt? ¹⁰ Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave. And some bade me kill thee, but I spared thee. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is LORD's anointed. ¹¹ Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand, for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not. Know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou hunt after my life to take it.

¹⁸ And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

⁷ In my distress I called upon LORD. Yea, I called to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.

²¹ And LORD sent an agent who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.

¹ O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, ² lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. ³ O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands, ⁴ if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),

¹⁹ He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me. ²⁰ LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. ²¹ For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. ²² For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me. ²³ I was also perfect with him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. ²⁴ Therefore LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O LORD,

¹⁴ But I trusted in thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my God.

⁷ The agent of LORD encamps round about those who fear him, and delivers them.

²¹ Forsake me not, O LORD. O my God, be not far from me.

¹¹ For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

¹¹ for he will give his agents charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. ¹² They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹³ Thou shall tread upon the lion and adder. The young lion and the serpent thou shall trample under foot.

²⁸ Thou are my God, and I will give thanks to thee. Thou are my God, I will exalt thee.

¹⁰ Say ye of the righteous, that it is well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

⁹ In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the agent of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. And he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

²³ Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of harm was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.

⁷ But as for me, I will look to LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?

¹⁷ Jesus says to her, Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene comes informing the disciples that she has seen the Lord, and he spoke these things to her.

¹¹ And when Peter came to himself, he said, Now I know truly, that the Lord dispatched his agent and delivered me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

¹⁶ And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always non-stumbling before God and men.

⁸ while he was defending, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I transgressed anything. ⁹ But Festus, wanting to lay down a favor to the Jews, having answered Paul, said, Are thou willing, after going up to Jerusalem, to be judged there about these things before me? ¹⁰ But Paul said, I am standing at the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. I did nothing wrong Jewish, as thou also very well know. ¹¹ For if I am indeed wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing of what these men accuse me, no man can give me to them freely. I appeal Caesar.

²³ For there stood by me this night an agent of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

¹² For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.

³³ who, through faith, conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions,

¹⁹ And by this we know that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before him. ²⁰ Because if our heart should condemn us, that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,

⁹ And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which LORD had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

⁷ And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be LORD this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.

²⁰ And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them, for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated by them because they put their trust in him.

¹¹ Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because LORD loves his people, he has made thee king over them. ¹² Huram said moreover, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in LORD your God, so shall ye be established. Believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

⁴⁰ and LORD helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from sinners, and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

³ Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. ⁴ His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish. ⁵ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in LORD his God, ⁶ who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever,

¹⁰ The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.

³ Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.

²⁵ He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no harm. And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

²⁷ And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed. Neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. ²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his agent, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

¹⁴ Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him.

¹⁸ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, nor were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.

²³ And Jesus said to him, If thou are able to believe, all things are possible to him who believes.

¹⁸ and the judges shall make diligent inquiry. And, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother, ¹⁹ then ye shall do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. ²⁰ And those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

¹⁶ The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

²⁴ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, Why have thou troubled us? LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

⁶ but he did not put to death the sons of the murderers, according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

¹⁰ the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, but they did not lay their hand on the spoil.

²⁵ But when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

⁵ He will requite the evil to my enemies. Destroy thou them in thy truth.

⁸ A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.

¹³ I quieted myself until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me.

²² Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace very hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

¹ Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, ² Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has LORD, the God of heaven, given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

¹⁷ Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

⁹ Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of it. And it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, a hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

² chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace be multiplied.

² Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

² Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.

²⁶ For who is there of all flesh, who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

²⁶ And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?

³⁶ Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

⁸ Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: That of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered. ⁹ And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail ¹⁰ that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. ¹¹ Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this. ¹² And the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree, let it be done with all diligence.

¹² Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth. ¹³ I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.

¹¹ Serve LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

¹⁰ LORD sat as King at the Flood. Yea, LORD sits as King forever.

¹ LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty. LORD is clothed with strength; he has girded himself with it. The world also is established that it cannot be moved. ² Thy throne is established of old. Thou are from everlasting.

¹ LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits above the cherubim, let the earth be moved. ² LORD is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples. ³ Let them praise thy great and awesome name. Holy is he.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹² to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. ¹³ Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion is throughout all generations.

¹⁰ LORD will reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye LORD.

⁷ Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of LORD of hosts will perform this.

² For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

¹⁰ But LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

²⁹ Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.

³ How great are his signs, and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

³⁴ And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me. And I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever. For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.

¹⁴ And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

²⁷ And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the sanctified of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

¹⁰ Yet the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. And it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said to them, The sons of the living God.

⁶ For I, LORD, do not change. Therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.

³³ And he will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages. And of his kingdom there will be no end.

⁵ But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him.

²⁵ nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things.

²⁶ And it will be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there they will be called, sons of the living God.

⁹ For they report about us what kind of entrance we had with you, and how ye turned to God from the idols to serve a living and true God,

¹⁷ By which God, wanting to demonstrate more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutableness of his resolve, confirmed it by an oath. ¹⁸ So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.

²⁹ For our God is also a consuming fire.

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.

¹⁰ the twenty-four elders would fall down before him who sits on the throne, and would worship him who lives into the ages of the ages, and would cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹⁴ And the four living creatures were saying the Truly. And the elders fell down and worshiped.

¹⁵ And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.

¹⁵ He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.

⁴⁸ He rescues me from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.

⁵⁰ He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

⁷ Thou are my hiding-place. Thou will preserve me from trouble. Thou will encompass me around with songs of deliverance. Selah.

¹⁷ Lord, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁰ O ye who love LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his sanctified. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

¹⁹ great in counsel, and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings, ²⁰ who set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men, and made thee a name, as at this day,

² It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has wrought toward me. ³ How great are his signs, and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new tongues. ¹⁸ They will take up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will, no, not harm them. They will lay hands on the feeble, and they will fare well.

⁷⁴ without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him ⁷⁵ in piety and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

³⁰ by thy stretching forth thy hand for healing, and signs and wonders to happen through the name of thy holy Boy Jesus.

⁸ For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive. ⁹ But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead. ¹⁰ Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.

⁴ God also testifying simultaneously by signs and wonders, and by various powers and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

²² Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

²⁸ who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built, and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

²¹ And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

¹ In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar, and the thing was true, even a great warfare. And he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.