The One Year Bible KJV (238 page)

1 Corinthians 16:1-24

1
 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I [Paul] have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
2
 Upon the first
day
of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as
God
hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
3
 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by
your
letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
4
 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

5
 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
6
 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
7
 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
8
 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9
 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and
there are
many adversaries.

10
 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also
do.
11
 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.

12
 As touching
our
brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

13
 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
14
 Let all your things be done with charity.

15
 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and
that
they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
16
 that ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with
us,
and laboureth.
17
 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
18
 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.

19
 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
20
 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.

21
 The salutation of
me
Paul with mine own hand.

22
 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.

23
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be
with you.

24
 My love
be
with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Psalm 40:1-10

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1
 I waited patiently for the L
ORD
; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2
 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,
and
established my goings.

3
 And he hath put a new song in my mouth,
even
praise unto our God: many shall see
it,
and fear, and shall trust in the L
ORD
.

4
 Blessed
is
that man that maketh the L
ORD
his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5
 Many, O L
ORD
my God,
are
thy wonderful works
which
thou hast done, and thy thoughts
which are
to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:
if
I would declare and speak
of them,
they are more than can be numbered.

6
 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7
 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book
it is
written of me,

8
 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law
is
within my heart.

9
 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O L
ORD
, thou knowest.

10
 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Proverbs 22:1

1
 A
good
name
is
rather to be chosen than great riches,
and
loving favour rather than silver and gold.

August 26

Job 20:1–22:30

2 Corinthians 1:1-11

Psalm 40:11-17

Proverbs 22:2-4

Job 20:1–22:30

1
 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2
 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for
this
I make haste.

3
 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4
 Knowest thou
not
this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

5
 That the triumphing of the wicked
is
short, and the joy of the hypocrite
but
for a moment?

6
 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

7
 
Yet
he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where
is
he?

8
 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

9
 The eye also
which
saw him shall
see him
no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

10
 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

11
 His bones are full
of the sin
of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

12
 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,
though
he hide it under his tongue;

13
 
Though
he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

14
 
Yet
his meat in his bowels is turned,
it is
the gall of asps within him.

15
 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16
 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

17
 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

18
 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow
it
down: according to
his
substance
shall
the restitution
be,
and he shall not rejoice
therein.

19
 Because he hath oppressed
and
hath forsaken the poor;
because
he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

20
 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

21
 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

22
 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

23
 
When
he is about to fill his belly,
God
shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain
it
upon him while he is eating.

24
 He shall flee from the iron weapon,
and
the bow of steel shall strike him through.

25
 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors
are
upon him.

26
 All darkness
shall be
hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

27
 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

28
 The increase of his house shall depart,
and his goods
shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

29
 This
is
the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

21:
1
 But Job answered and said,

2
 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

3
 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

4
 As for me,
is
my complaint to man? and if
it were so,
why should not my spirit be troubled?

5
 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay
your
hand upon
your
mouth.

6
 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

7
 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

8
 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

9
 Their houses
are
safe from fear, neither
is
the rod of God upon them.

10
 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11
 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

12
 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

13
 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

14
 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15
 What
is
the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

16
 Lo, their good
is
not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17
 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and
how oft
cometh their destruction upon them!
God
distributeth sorrows in his anger.

18
 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

19
 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know
it.

20
 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21
 For what pleasure
hath
he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

22
 Shall
any
teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

23
 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

24
 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

25
 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

26
 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

27
 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices
which
ye wrongfully imagine against me.

28
 For ye say, Where
is
the house of the prince? and where
are
the dwelling places of the wicked?

29
 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

30
 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

31
 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him
what
he hath done?

32
 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

33
 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as
there are
innumerable before him.

34
 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

22:
1
 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2
 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

3
 
Is it
any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or
is it
gain
to him,
that thou makest thy ways perfect?

4
 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

5
 
Is
not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

6
 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7
 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

8
 But
as for
the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

9
 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10
 Therefore snares
are
round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

11
 Or darkness,
that
thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

12
 
Is
not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

13
 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

14
 Thick clouds
are
a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

15
 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

16
 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

17
 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

18
 Yet he filled their houses with good
things:
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19
 The righteous see
it,
and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

20
 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

21
 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

22
 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

23
 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

24
 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the
gold
of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25
 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

26
 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

27
 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

28
 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

29
 When
men
are cast down, then thou shalt say,
There is
lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

30
 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.