So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

And the king worshipped it and went daily to adore it: but Daniel worshipped his own God. And the king said unto him, Why dost not thou worship Bel?

Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:

Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me, in the which I sat down to eat.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgement and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

A stubborn heart shall fare evil at the last; and he that loveth danger shall perish therein.

Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

Pray without ceasing.

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.

Before thou prayest, prepare thyself; and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.

Prepare what to say, and so thou shalt be heard: and bind up instruction, and then make answer.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Then she prayed toward the window, and said, Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and thine holy and glorious name is blessed and honourable for ever: let all thy works praise thee for ever.

Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,