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There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation.
For they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.
280
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Is there no balm in Gilead?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
284
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
287
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the ways.
The valley which was full of bones.
Can these bones live?
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
294
Cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
And this is the writing that was written,
mene, mene, tekel, upharsin
.
This is the interpretation of the thing:
mene
; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
tekel
; Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.
peres
; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
The Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from behind him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgement was set, and the books were opened.
O Daniel, a man greatly beloved.
299
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
300
I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.
302
Ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning.
303
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel.
What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
305
Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
306
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.
308
Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.
And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul.
Judge none blessed before his death.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.
Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.
Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
And some there be, which have no memorial…and are become as though they had never been born…
But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten…
Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.
When he was at the last gasp.
St Matthew
319
There came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
They presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
referring to Jeremiah ch. 31, v. 15
Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
echoing Deuteronomy ch. 8, v. 3
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
echoing Deuteronomy ch. 6, v. 16
The devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.
Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.
Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward you openly.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
No man can serve two masters…Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Isaiah ch. 48, v. 22
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation.
Isaiah ch. 52, v. 7
For they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah ch. 52, v. 8
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
Isaiah ch. 53, v. 3
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah ch. 53, v. 5
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah ch. 53, v. 7
Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah ch. 56, v. 7
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Isaiah ch. 60, v. 1
Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou.
Isaiah ch. 65, v. 5
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.
Isaiah ch. 65, v. 17
280
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Jeremiah ch. 8, v. 20
Is there no balm in Gilead?
Jeremiah ch. 8, v. 22
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Jeremiah ch. 13, v. 23
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
Jeremiah ch. 17, v. 9
284
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
Lamentations ch. 1, v. 12
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations ch. 3, v. 19
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Lamentations ch. 4, v. 59
287
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Ezekiel ch. 16, v. 44
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel ch. 18, v. 2
When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Ezekiel ch. 18, v. 27
The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the ways.
Ezekiel ch. 21, v. 21
The valley which was full of bones.
Ezekiel ch. 37, v. 1
Can these bones live?
Ezekiel ch. 37, v. 3
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel ch. 37, v. 4
294
Cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Daniel ch. 3, v. 4
And this is the writing that was written,
mene, mene, tekel, upharsin
.
This is the interpretation of the thing:
mene
; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
tekel
; Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.
peres
; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel ch. 5, v. 25
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Daniel ch. 6, v. 8
The Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from behind him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgement was set, and the books were opened.
Daniel ch. 7, v. 9
O Daniel, a man greatly beloved.
Daniel ch. 10, v. 11
299
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Hosea ch. 8, v. 7
300
I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.
Joel ch. 2, v. 25
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.
Joel ch. 2, v. 28
302
Ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning.
Amos ch. 4, v. 11
303
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel.
Micah ch. 5, v. 2
What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Micah ch. 6, v. 8
305
Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habakkuk ch. 2, v. 2
306
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.
Malachi ch. 4, v. 2
308
Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.
I Esdras ch. 4, v. 41
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.
Wisdom of Solomon ch. 3, v. 1
And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
Wisdom of Solomon ch. 3, v. 7
We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 2, v. 18
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 7, v. 11
Judge none blessed before his death.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 11, v. 28.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 13, v. 1
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 26, v. 29
Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 38, v. 1
Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 44, v. 1
And some there be, which have no memorial…and are become as though they had never been born…
But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten…
Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.
Ecclesiasticus ch. 44, v. 9
When he was at the last gasp.
II Maccabees ch. 7, v. 9
St Matthew
319
There came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
St Matthew ch. 2, v. 1
They presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
St Matthew ch. 2, v. 11
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
referring to Jeremiah ch. 31, v. 15
St Matthew ch. 2, v. 18
Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
St Matthew ch. 3, v. 2
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
St Matthew ch. 3, v. 3
John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
St Matthew ch. 3, v. 4
O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
St Matthew ch. 3, v. 7
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
St Matthew ch. 3, v. 17
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
echoing Deuteronomy ch. 8, v. 3
St Matthew ch. 4, v. 4
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
echoing Deuteronomy ch. 6, v. 16
St Matthew ch. 4, v. 7
The devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.
St Matthew ch. 4, v. 8
Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
St Matthew ch. 4, v. 19
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 3
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 13
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 14
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 16
Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 39
Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 41
He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 45.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
St Matthew ch. 5, v. 48
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward you openly.
St Matthew ch. 6, v. 3
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
St Matthew ch. 6, v. 9
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.
St Matthew ch. 6, v. 19
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
St Matthew ch. 6, v. 21
No man can serve two masters…Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
St Matthew ch. 6, v. 24
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
St Matthew ch. 6, v. 28
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
St Matthew ch. 6, v. 34
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