The One Year Bible KJV (224 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
1
 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me [Paul]:
It is
good for a man not to touch a woman.
2
 Nevertheless,
to avoid
fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3
 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4
 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5
 Defraud ye not one the other, except
it be
with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6
 But I speak this by permission,
and
not of commandment.
7
 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8
 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9
 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10
 And unto the married I command,
yet
not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from
her
husband:
11
 but and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to
her
husband: and let not the husband put away
his
wife.
12
 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13
 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14
 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
15
 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such
cases:
but God hath called us to peace.
16
 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save
thy
husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save
thy
wife?
17
 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
18
 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
19
 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20
 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21
 Art thou called
being
a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use
it
rather.
22
 For he that is called in the Lord,
being
a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called,
being
free, is Christ's servant.
23
 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24
 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
19
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Oh
how great
is
thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;
which
thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20
 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21
 Blessed
be
the L
ORD
: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22
 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23
 O love the L
ORD
, all ye his saints:
for
the L
ORD
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24
 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the L
ORD
.
4
 An high look, and a proud heart,
and
the plowing of the wicked,
is
sin.
15
 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16
 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto
the place
over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
17
 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
18
 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
19
 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning
of the wall.
20
 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning
of the wall
unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21
 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22
 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
23
 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
24
 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning
of the wall,
even unto the corner.
25
 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning
of the wall,
and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that
was
by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
26
 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto
the place
over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
27
 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
28
 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
29
 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
30
 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
31
 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
32
 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
4:
1
 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2
 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3
 Now Tobiah the Ammonite
was
by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4
 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5
 and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked
thee
to anger before the builders.
6
 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7
 But it came to pass,
that
when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up,
and
that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8
 and conspired all of them together to come
and
to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9
 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10
 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and
there is
much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11
 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12
 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us
they will be upon you.
13
 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall,
and
on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14
 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the L
ORD
,
which is
great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15
 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16
 And it came to pass from that time forth,
that
the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers
were
behind all the house of Judah.
17
 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded,
every one
with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other
hand
held a weapon.
18
 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and
so
builded. And he that sounded the trumpet
was
by me.
19
 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work
is
great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20
 In what place
therefore
ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21
 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22
 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23
 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes,
saving that
every one put them off for washing.
5:
1
 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2
 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters,
are
many: therefore we take up corn
for them,
that we may eat, and live.
3
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Some
also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
4
 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute,
and that upon
our lands and vineyards.
5
 Yet now our flesh
is
as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and
some
of our daughters are brought unto bondage
already:
neither
is it
in our power
to redeem them;
for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6
 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7
 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
8
 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing
to answer.
9
 Also I said, It
is
not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
10
 I likewise,
and
my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
11
 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth
part
of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
12
 Then said they, We will restore
them,
and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest.
Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
13
 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.
And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the L
ORD
. And the people did according to this promise.
