diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md index 0c25e226..a9cd374a 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ The History of Creation 31. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md index 97c860a4..f8b51f6c 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Garden of Eden 5. before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; 6. but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. -7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.Life in God's Garden +7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. +Life in God's Garden + 8. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ Because she was taken out of Man." 25. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md index f556e032..63af41c1 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ And to dust you shall return." 24. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md index 2048ad10..b554ef0b 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" 13. And Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is greater than I can bear! 14. Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me." -15. And the Lord said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.The Family of Cain +15. And the Lord said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him. +The Family of Cain + 16. Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. 17. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son--Enoch. @@ -40,9 +42,12 @@ For I have killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man for hurting me. 24. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, -Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."A New Son +Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold." +A New Son + 25. And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, "For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed." 26. And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md index 5f41d0f7..dddf4283 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ The Family of Adam 32. And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md index c190a697..8cb842d1 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md @@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ The Wickedness and Judgment of Man 5. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7. So the Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." -8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.Noah Pleases God +8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. +Noah Pleases God + 9. This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. 10. And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. -12. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.The Ark Prepared +12. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. +The Ark Prepared 13. And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14. Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. @@ -31,3 +34,4 @@ The Wickedness and Judgment of Man 22. Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md index 509d754a..c4cb2fd8 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ The Great Flood 24. And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md index 4620b1e6..154ce5f1 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Noah's Deliverance 16. "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17. Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth." 18. So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. -19. Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.God's Covenant with Creation +19. Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark. +God's Covenant with Creation + 20. Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21. And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ And day and night Shall not cease." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md index f9b73632..96c92930 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ And multiply in it." 14. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15. and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16. The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." -17. And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."Noah and His Sons +17. And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth." +Noah and His Sons + 18. Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19. These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. @@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ And may Canaan be his servant." 29. So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md index 5fb97724..5b8e5b8a 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Nations Descended from Noah 32. These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md index 7cd4af9d..91b5283b 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ The Tower of Babel 6. And the Lord said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7. Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 8. So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. -9. Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.Shem's Descendants +9. Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. +Shem's Descendants 10. This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11. After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. @@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ The Tower of Babel 24. Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah. 25. After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters. -26. Now Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.Terah's Descendants +26. Now Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. +Terah's Descendants + 27. This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28. And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. @@ -47,3 +50,4 @@ The Tower of Babel 32. So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md index e6baf150..d5fb9cc6 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." 7. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8. And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. -9. So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.Abram in Egypt +9. So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. +Abram in Egypt + 10. Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11. And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." 20. So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md index 4a08940a..62c196a9 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Abram Inherits Canaan 18. Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md index fa378612..f1c82b40 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Lot's Captivity and Rescue 15. He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. 16. So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. -17. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.Abram and Melchizedek +17. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. +Abram and Melchizedek 18. Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19. And he blessed him and said: @@ -39,3 +40,4 @@ And he gave him a tithe of all. 24. except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md index e03c7593..0999e721 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ God's Covenant with Abram 21. the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md index 52fe93e6..8676e696 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren." 16. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md index 20aa81ab..b211b6e5 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ The Sign of the Covenant 27. and all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md index 6274018f..3c59aab1 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ So he said, "Here, in the tent." 14. Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son." 15. But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. -And He said, "No, but you did laugh!"Abraham Intercedes for Sodom +And He said, "No, but you did laugh!" +Abraham Intercedes for Sodom + 16. Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way. 17. And the Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, @@ -58,3 +60,4 @@ And He said, "I will not destroy it for the sake of ten." 33. So the Lord went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md index 145a82ee..5051bbec 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ And they said, "No, but we will spend the night in the open square." 9. And they said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them." So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10. But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. -11. And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed +11. And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door. +Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed 12. Then the men said to Lot, "Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city--take them out of this place! 13. For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it." @@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 27. And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 28. Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace. -29. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.The Descendants of Lot +29. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt. +The Descendants of Lot + 30. Then Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. 31. Now the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. @@ -58,3 +61,4 @@ Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 38. And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md index e624a3e4..be8c256c 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Abraham and Abimelech 18. for the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md index e26e9625..b9d49e36 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Isaac Is Born 19. Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. 20. So God was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. -21. He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.A Covenant with Abimelech +21. He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. +A Covenant with Abimelech + 22. And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do. 23. Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt." @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ Isaac Is Born 34. And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md index f634ab19..d1628c1b 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ So he said, "Here I am." 16. and said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son-- 17. blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." -19. So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.The Family of Nahor +19. So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. +The Family of Nahor + 20. Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, "Indeed Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21. Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ So he said, "Here I am." 24. His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md index 0586f7ee..fee9d2ba 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Sarah's Death and Burial 20. So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md index f50892e3..8ebcb413 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md @@ -100,3 +100,4 @@ The servant said, "It is my master." So she took a veil and covered herself. 67. Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md index 59cd927e..73065027 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md @@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ Abraham and Keturah 4. And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5. And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. -6. But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.Abraham's Death and Burial +6. But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east. +Abraham's Death and Burial + 7. This is the sum of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. 8. Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 9. And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, 10. the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. -11. And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi.The Families of Ishmael and Isaac +11. And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi. +The Families of Ishmael and Isaac 12. Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maidservant, bore to Abraham. 13. And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, @@ -39,7 +42,8 @@ And the older shall serve the younger." 26. Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27. So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. -28. And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.Esau Sells His Birthright +28. And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. +Esau Sells His Birthright 29. Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. 30. And Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom. @@ -53,3 +57,4 @@ So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34. And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md index 0fb108a6..469e42b2 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die on account of her.' " 35. And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md index f18ae45a..28ceae7c 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ And of the dew of heaven from above. 40. By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, -That you shall break his yoke from your neck."Jacob Escapes from Esau +That you shall break his yoke from your neck." +Jacob Escapes from Esau + 41. So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob." @@ -95,3 +97,4 @@ That you shall break his yoke from your neck."Jacob Escapes from Esau 46. And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?" + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md index 667c9d03..6d9156d0 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md @@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham." -5. So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.Esau Marries Mahalath +5. So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. +Esau Marries Mahalath + 6. Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan," 7. and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram. 8. Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac. -9. So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.Jacob's Vow at Bethel +9. So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. +Jacob's Vow at Bethel + 10. Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. @@ -39,3 +43,4 @@ Which God gave to Abraham." 22. And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md index eed269a3..dccd8b6e 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ And they said, "He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the she 12. And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative and that he was Rebekah's son. So she ran and told her father. 13. Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things. -14. And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him for a month.Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel +14. And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him for a month. +Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel + 15. Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?" 16. Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. @@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ And they said, "He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the she 28. Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also. 29. And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maid. -30. Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years.The Children of Jacob +30. Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years. +The Children of Jacob + 31. When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 32. So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, "The Lord has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me." @@ -55,3 +59,4 @@ And they said, "He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the she 35. And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now I will praise the Lord." Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md index 0ba3732a..3c7a6f6e 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ And Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrake 22. Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23. And she conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach." -24. So she called his name Joseph, and said, "The Lord shall add to me another son."Jacob's Agreement with Laban +24. So she called his name Joseph, and said, "The Lord shall add to me another son." +Jacob's Agreement with Laban + 25. And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country. 26. Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done for you." @@ -63,3 +65,4 @@ And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for m 43. Thus the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md index 5a64d8c2..6c03697a 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Jacob Flees from Laban 18. And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan. 19. Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father's. 20. And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee. -21. So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and headed toward the mountains of Gilead.Laban Pursues Jacob +21. So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and headed toward the mountains of Gilead. +Laban Pursues Jacob + 22. And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled. 23. Then he took his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days' journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead. @@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ Jacob Flees from Laban 39. That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40. There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes. 41. Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times. -42. Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."Laban's Covenant with Jacob +42. Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night." +Laban's Covenant with Jacob + 43. And Laban answered and said to Jacob, "These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and this flock is my flock; all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne? 44. Now therefore, come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me." @@ -71,3 +75,4 @@ Jacob Flees from Laban 55. And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md index 452922a4..7dabd2d0 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Esau Comes to Meet Jacob 18. then you shall say, 'They are your servant Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord Esau; and behold, he also is behind us.' " 19. So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, "In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him; 20. and also say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.' " For he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me." -21. So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.Wrestling with God +21. So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp. +Wrestling with God + 22. And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok. 23. He took them, sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had. @@ -47,3 +49,4 @@ And He said, "Why is it that you ask about My name?" And He blessed him there. 32. Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md index 9bb65ab8..c9855e24 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md @@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ And he said, "These are to find favor in the sight of my lord." 15. And Esau said, "Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord." 16. So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. -17. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.Jacob Comes to Canaan +17. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. +Jacob Comes to Canaan + 18. Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city. 19. And he bought the parcel of land, where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money. 20. Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md index bf26fe6a..f4c97aca 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ The Dinah Incident 31. But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a harlot?" + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md index dbf2316f..8e311251 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Jacob's Return to Bethel 12. The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land." 13. Then God went up from him in the place where He talked with him. 14. So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. -15. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.Death of Rachel +15. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. +Death of Rachel + 16. Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. 17. Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Do not fear; you will have this son also." @@ -28,15 +30,19 @@ Jacob's Return to Bethel 20. And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. 21. Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. -22. And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard about it.Jacob's Twelve Sons +22. And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard about it. +Jacob's Twelve Sons Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23. the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; 24. the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; 25. the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali; -26. and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.Death of Isaac +26. and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram. +Death of Isaac + 27. Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt. 28. Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. 29. So Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md index 7089354f..f7996c43 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ The Family of Esau 13. These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. -14. These were the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon. And she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.The Chiefs of Edom +14. These were the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon. And she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. +The Chiefs of Edom + 15. These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn son of Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, 16. Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah. @@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ The Family of Esau 17. These were the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 18. And these were the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah. These were the chiefs who descended from Aholibamah, Esau's wife, the daughter of Anah. -19. These were the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these were their chiefs.The Sons of Seir +19. These were the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these were their chiefs. +The Sons of Seir + 20. These were the sons of Seir the Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21. Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom. @@ -44,7 +48,9 @@ The Family of Esau 28. These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29. These were the chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah, -30. Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.The Kings of Edom +30. Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir. +The Kings of Edom + 31. Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel: 32. Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. @@ -54,7 +60,9 @@ The Family of Esau 36. When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37. And when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place. 38. When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. -39. And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.The Chiefs of Esau +39. And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. +The Chiefs of Esau + 40. And these were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth, 41. Chief Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, @@ -62,3 +70,4 @@ The Family of Esau 43. Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. Esau was the father of the Edomites. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md index 61172284..bb40a21f 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And 9. Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, "Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me." 10. So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?" -11. And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.Joseph Sold by His Brothers +11. And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind. +Joseph Sold by His Brothers + 12. Then his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13. And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." @@ -59,3 +61,4 @@ So he said to him, "Here I am." 36. Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md index d46e0930..23625750 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ So Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!" 30. Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called Zerah. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md index 826fab7c..551fa903 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 23. The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md index 99aa6a83..90405929 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ So Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, 23. Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md index 8fc7bb11..ce2d1d02 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md @@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ Pharaoh's Dreams 33. "Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years. 35. And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. -36. Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine."Joseph's Rise to Power +36. Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine." +Joseph's Rise to Power + 37. So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. 38. And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?" @@ -72,3 +74,4 @@ Pharaoh's Dreams 57. So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md index 131a061a..c08141f1 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ And they did so. 22. And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not speak to you, saying, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us." 23. But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter. -24. And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.The Brothers Return to Canaan +24. And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. +The Brothers Return to Canaan + 25. Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man's money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them. 26. So they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there. @@ -57,3 +59,4 @@ And they did so. 38. But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md index 07744219..723bb650 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ Joseph's Brothers Return with Benjamin 34. Then he took servings to them from before him, but Benjamin's serving was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md index 44588c23..56c76f3a 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Joseph's Cup 16. Then Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found." -17. But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father."Judah Intercedes for Benjamin +17. But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father." +Judah Intercedes for Benjamin + 18. Then Judah came near to him and said: "O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh. 19. My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father or a brother?' @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ Joseph's Cup 34. For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?" + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md index bcb200d3..74abd19a 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Joseph Revealed to His Brothers 28. Then Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md index 9f460f01..ea6cfe45 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ And he said, "Here I am." 25. These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all. 26. All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all. -27. And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.Jacob Settles in Goshen +27. And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy. +Jacob Settles in Goshen + 28. Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen. 29. So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ And he said, "Here I am." 34. that you shall say, 'Your servants' occupation has been with livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md index 5a997af0..71a9da05 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fat 10. So Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11. And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. -12. Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with bread, according to the number in their families.Joseph Deals with the Famine +12. Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with bread, according to the number in their families. +Joseph Deals with the Famine + 13. Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. @@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fat 24. And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones." 25. So they said, "You have saved our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants." -26. And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh's.Joseph's Vow to Jacob +26. And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh's. +Joseph's Vow to Jacob + 27. So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly. 28. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years. @@ -49,3 +53,4 @@ And he said, "I will do as you have said." 31. Then he said, "Swear to me." And he swore to him. So Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md index de9485a2..a2baa6f3 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." 22. Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow." + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md index 85d4d403..7cede391 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md @@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil." -28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.Jacob's Death and Burial +28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing. +Jacob's Death and Burial + 29. Then he charged them and said to them: "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30. in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place. @@ -118,3 +120,4 @@ And at night he shall divide the spoil." 33. And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. + diff --git a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md index 949f3061..dee3a42f 100644 --- a/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md +++ b/NKJV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Burial of Jacob 12. So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them. 13. For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place. -14. And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.Joseph Reassures His Brothers +14. And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father. +Joseph Reassures His Brothers + 15. When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him." 16. So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, "Before your father died he commanded, saying, @@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ Burial of Jacob 19. Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? 20. But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. -21. Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones." And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.Death of Joseph +21. Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones." And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. +Death of Joseph 22. So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23. Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knees. @@ -39,3 +42,4 @@ Burial of Jacob 26. So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md index 4392fdfd..fc2f4d65 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Israel's Suffering in Egypt 22. So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md index 5f25ceee..749b5e57 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ So Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!" 25. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md index 0966ba1e..a69b2c03 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ And he said, "Here I am." 22. But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md index 48c93d46..05d67d0c 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ He said, "A rod." 14. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: "Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15. Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do. 16. So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God. -17. And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."Moses Goes to Egypt +17. And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs." +Moses Goes to Egypt + 18. So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." 31. So the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md index c997f9b2..f8e1cabe 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ First Encounter with Pharaoh 23. For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md index 9d4d4ee2..8973e70f 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ God Renews His Promise to Israel 12. And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, "The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?" -13. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a command for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.The Family of Moses and Aaron +13. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a command for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. +The Family of Moses and Aaron 14. These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben. 15. And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon. @@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ God Renews His Promise to Israel 25. Eleazar, Aaron's son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families. 26. These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies." -27. These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron.Aaron Is Moses' Spokesman +27. These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron. +Aaron Is Moses' Spokesman + 28. And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29. that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the Lord. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you." @@ -42,3 +45,4 @@ God Renews His Promise to Israel 30. But Moses said before the Lord, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?" + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md index 4dd94685..4dbfe2f3 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Moses Before Pharaoh 5. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them." 6. Then Moses and Aaron did so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did. -7. And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.Aaron's Miraculous Rod +7. And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. +Aaron's Miraculous Rod 8. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 9. "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Show a miracle for yourselves,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and let it become a serpent.' " @@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ Moses Before Pharaoh 11. But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12. For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. -13. And Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.The First Plague: Waters Become Blood +13. And Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said. +The First Plague: Waters Become Blood + 14. So the Lord said to Moses: "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go. 15. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the water, and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. @@ -34,3 +37,4 @@ Moses Before Pharaoh 25. And seven days passed after the Lord had struck the river. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md index b8e63ebd..b8d2ed6e 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md @@ -20,13 +20,17 @@ The Second Plague: Frogs 12. Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried out to the Lord concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh. 13. So the Lord did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courtyards, and out of the fields. 14. They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. -15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said.The Third Plague: Lice +15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said. +The Third Plague: Lice + 16. So the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.' " 17. And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18. Now the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice on man and beast. -19. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had said.The Fourth Plague: Flies +19. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had said. +The Fourth Plague: Flies + 20. And the Lord said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 21. Or else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. @@ -48,3 +52,4 @@ The Second Plague: Frogs 32. But Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also; neither would he let the people go. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md index 77ff9098..0de36f10 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md @@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ The Fifth Plague: Livestock Diseased 5. Then the Lord appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land." 6. So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died. -7. Then Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh became hard, and he did not let the people go.The Sixth Plague: Boils +7. Then Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh became hard, and he did not let the people go. +The Sixth Plague: Boils 8. So the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh. 9. And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt." 10. Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast. 11. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians. -12. But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.The Seventh Plague: Hail +12. But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses. +The Seventh Plague: Hail + 13. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me, 14. for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth. @@ -47,3 +50,4 @@ The Fifth Plague: Livestock Diseased 35. So the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the Lord had spoken by Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md index 2cf34ba2..db6c5cb4 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ The Eighth Plague: Locusts 17. Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only." 18. So he went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 19. And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. -20. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.The Ninth Plague: Darkness +20. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. +The Ninth Plague: Darkness + 21. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt." 22. So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ The Eighth Plague: Locusts 29. So Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will never see your face again." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md index 0fe816e5..58dac6a4 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Death of the Firstborn Announced 2. Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold." 3. And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people. -4. Then Moses said, "Thus says the Lord: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; +4. Then Moses said, "Thus says the Lord: ' +About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; 5. and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals. 6. Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again. 7. But against none of the children of Israel shall a dog move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.' @@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ Death of the Firstborn Announced 10. So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md index 89c3b6c5..54ef05ca 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md @@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ The Passover Instituted 25. It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. 26. And it shall be, when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?' 27. that you shall say, 'It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.' " So the people bowed their heads and worshiped. -28. Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn +28. Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. +The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn 29. And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock. -30. So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.The Exodus +30. So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. +The Exodus + 31. Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise, go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have said. 32. Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also." @@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ The Passover Instituted 40. Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. 41. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years--on that very same day--it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. -42. It is a night of solemn observance to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the Lord, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.Passover Regulations +42. It is a night of solemn observance to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the Lord, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations. +Passover Regulations 43. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. 44. But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it. @@ -64,3 +68,4 @@ The Passover Instituted 51. And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the Lord brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their armies. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md index 6c141e39..99dda6ee 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Firstborn Consecrated 7. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And no leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters. 8. And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'This is done because of what the Lord did for me when I came up from Egypt.' 9. It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the Lord's law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. -10. You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.The Law of the Firstborn +10. You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. +The Law of the Firstborn + 11. "And it shall be, when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you, 12. that you shall set apart to the Lord all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the Lord's. @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ The Firstborn Consecrated 22. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md index 84a53d20..256aa45e 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ The Red Sea Crossing 31. Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md index 746c1363..613e5a37 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md @@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! -2. The Lord is my strength and song, +2. +The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him. -3. The Lord is a man of war; +3. +The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name. 4. Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; @@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. 5. The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone. -6. "Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power; +6. " +Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces. 7. And in the greatness of Your excellence @@ -78,16 +81,20 @@ In the place, O Lord, which You have made For Your own dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established. -18. "The Lord shall reign forever and ever." +18. " +The Lord shall reign forever and ever." -19. For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.The Song of Miriam +19. For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. +The Song of Miriam 20. Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21. And Miriam answered them: "Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider -He has thrown into the sea!"Bitter Waters Made Sweet +He has thrown into the sea!" +Bitter Waters Made Sweet + 22. So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23. Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. @@ -99,3 +106,4 @@ There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, 27. Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md index 26a87200..1b464fd0 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. 36. Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md index 28e2fb30..a2788fea 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 16. for he said, "Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md index f1cc18eb..af6fbafd 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Jethro's Advice 27. Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md index c2b9def7..7fd639b8 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ So Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. 25. So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md index a20e968d..656bed59 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md @@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ The Ten Commandments 16. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. -17. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."The People Afraid of God's Presence +17. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's." +The People Afraid of God's Presence + 18. Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. 19. Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die." 20. And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin." -21. So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.The Law of the Altar +21. So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was. +The Law of the Altar + 22. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23. You shall not make anything to be with Me--gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. @@ -43,3 +47,4 @@ The Ten Commandments 26. Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.' + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md index 831fb93d..25d05af9 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Law Concerning Servants 8. If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. 9. And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. 10. If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights. -11. And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.The Law Concerning Violence +11. And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money. +The Law Concerning Violence + 12. "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13. However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. @@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ The Law Concerning Servants 25. burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26. "If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye. -27. And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.Animal Control Laws +27. And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth. +Animal Control Laws + 28. "If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted. 29. But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. @@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ The Law Concerning Servants 36. Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md index bffa817e..91344e2a 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Responsibility for Property 13. If it is torn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn. 14. "And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good. -15. If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.Moral and Ceremonial Principles +15. If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire. +Moral and Ceremonial Principles + 16. "If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife. 17. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the bride-price of virgins. @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ Responsibility for Property 31. "And you shall be holy men to Me: you shall not eat meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md index 3ed7607d..eba3137c 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md @@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ Justice for All 7. Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked. 8. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous. -9. "Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.The Law of Sabbaths +9. "Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt. +The Law of Sabbaths + 10. "Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, 11. but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove. 12. Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed. -13. "And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.Three Annual Feasts +13. "And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth. +Three Annual Feasts 14. "Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: 15. You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty); @@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ Justice for All 17. "Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God. 18. "You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning. -19. The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.The Angel and the Promises +19. The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. +The Angel and the Promises + 20. "Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21. Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. @@ -47,3 +52,4 @@ Justice for All 33. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md index 34e4bbec..423107be 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Israel Affirms the Covenant 5. Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. 6. And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, "All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient." -8. And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words."On the Mountain with God +8. And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words." +On the Mountain with God + 9. Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10. and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Israel Affirms the Covenant 18. So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md index eb44c39d..2c129c6b 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Offerings for the Sanctuary 6. oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; 7. onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. 8. And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. -9. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.The Ark of the Testimony +9. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it. +The Ark of the Testimony 10. "And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 11. And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around. @@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ Offerings for the Sanctuary 19. Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat. 20. And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. 21. You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. -22. And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.The Table for the Showbread +22. And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. +The Table for the Showbread 23. "You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 24. And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around. @@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ Offerings for the Sanctuary 27. The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. 28. And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. 29. You shall make its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold. -30. And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.The Gold Lampstand +30. And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always. +The Gold Lampstand 31. "You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece. 32. And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. @@ -47,3 +50,4 @@ Offerings for the Sanctuary 40. And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md index 0047f073..a93d1cb5 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ The Tabernacle 37. And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be gold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md index 2d07ac0b..c0e8dcfb 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The Altar of Burnt Offering 5. You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar. 6. And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7. The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it. -8. You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.The Court of the Tabernacle +8. You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it. +The Court of the Tabernacle 9. "You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side. 10. And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver. @@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ The Altar of Burnt Offering 16. "For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets. 17. All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze. 18. The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze. -19. All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.The Care of the Lampstand +19. All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. +The Care of the Lampstand 20. "And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. 21. In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md index 3d1a900c..8694e290 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Garments for the Priesthood 1. "Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2. And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3. So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. -4. And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.The Ephod +4. And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest. +The Ephod + 5. "They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, 6. and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked. @@ -16,7 +18,8 @@ Garments for the Priesthood 11. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. 12. And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders as a memorial. 13. You shall also make settings of gold, -14. and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.The Breastplate +14. and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings. +The Breastplate 15. "You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. 16. It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. @@ -36,7 +39,8 @@ Garments for the Priesthood 28. They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod. 29. "So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the Lord continually. -30. And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually.Other Priestly Garments +30. And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually. +Other Priestly Garments 31. "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32. There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear. @@ -58,3 +62,4 @@ HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 43. They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place, that they do not incur iniquity and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md index eb3dab6e..09f4d604 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md @@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ Aaron and His Sons Consecrated 35. "Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days you shall consecrate them. 36. And you shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it. -37. Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.The Daily Offerings +37. Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy. +The Daily Offerings 38. "Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39. One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight. @@ -59,3 +60,4 @@ Aaron and His Sons Consecrated 46. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md index de5f3d17..dc66fd72 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md @@ -11,14 +11,18 @@ The Altar of Incense 7. "Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it. 8. And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9. You shall not offer strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it. -10. And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord."The Ransom Money +10. And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord." +The Ransom Money + 11. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12. "When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no plague among them when you number them. 13. This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the Lord. 14. Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the Lord. 15. The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when you give an offering to the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves. -16. And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves."The Bronze Laver +16. And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves." +The Bronze Laver + 17. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 18. "You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it, @@ -47,3 +51,4 @@ The Altar of Incense 38. Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md index 958e7e51..304ac649 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Artisans for Building the Tabernacle 8. the table and its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, 9. the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base-- 10. the garments of ministry, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests, -11. and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do."The Sabbath Law +11. and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do." +The Sabbath Law + 12. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13. "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ Artisans for Building the Tabernacle 18. And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md index b9c6b239..9b7b13d6 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md @@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ But the sound of singing I hear." 35. So the Lord plagued the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron made. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md index 04eb733b..8d1465b1 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md @@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ The Command to Leave Sinai 4. And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. 5. For the Lord had said to Moses, "Say to the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.' " -6. So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.Moses Meets with the Lord +6. So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb. +Moses Meets with the Lord + 7. Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. 8. So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle. 9. And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. 10. All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door. -11. So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.The Promise of God's Presence +11. So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle. +The Promise of God's Presence + 12. Then Moses said to the Lord, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people.' But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.' 13. Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people." @@ -34,3 +38,4 @@ The Command to Leave Sinai 23. Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen." + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md index 85be8b47..117c048e 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md @@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ Moses Makes New Tablets 26. "The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk." 27. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." -28. So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.The Shining Face of Moses +28. So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. +The Shining Face of Moses + 29. Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. 30. So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. @@ -53,3 +55,4 @@ Moses Makes New Tablets 35. And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md index ac64d193..a6b83a65 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Sabbath Regulations 6. blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats' hair; 7. ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; 8. oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; -9. onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.Articles of the Tabernacle +9. onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. +Articles of the Tabernacle + 10. 'All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11. the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; @@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ Sabbath Regulations 16. the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, and the laver and its base; 17. the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; 18. the pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court, and their cords; -19. the garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place--the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.' "The Tabernacle Offerings Presented +19. the garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place--the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.' " +The Tabernacle Offerings Presented + 20. And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21. Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord's offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. @@ -32,7 +36,8 @@ Sabbath Regulations 26. And all the women whose hearts stirred with wisdom spun yarn of goats' hair. 27. The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate, 28. and spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. -29. The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.The Artisans Called by God +29. The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done. +The Artisans Called by God 30. And Moses said to the children of Israel, "See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31. and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, @@ -43,3 +48,4 @@ Sabbath Regulations 35. He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver--those who do every work and those who design artistic works. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md index c1313d39..d28a8ef2 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Building the Tabernacle # Chapter 36 -1. "And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the Lord has commanded."The People Give More than Enough +1. "And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the Lord has commanded." +The People Give More than Enough + 2. Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work. 3. And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. @@ -9,7 +11,9 @@ Building the Tabernacle 5. and they spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do." 6. So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary." And the people were restrained from bringing, -7. for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done--indeed too much.Building the Tabernacle +7. for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done--indeed too much. +Building the Tabernacle + 8. Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them. 9. The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all the same size. @@ -49,3 +53,4 @@ Building the Tabernacle 38. and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md index edf431de..3e111b6d 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Making the Ark of the Testimony 6. He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width. 7. He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat: 8. one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat. -9. The cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.Making the Table for the Showbread +9. The cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. +Making the Table for the Showbread 10. He made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. 11. And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold all around it. @@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ Making the Ark of the Testimony 13. And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs. 14. The rings were close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table. 15. And he made the poles of acacia wood to bear the table, and overlaid them with gold. -16. He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table: its dishes, its cups, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring.Making the Gold Lampstand +16. He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table: its dishes, its cups, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring. +Making the Gold Lampstand 17. He also made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and its flowers were of the same piece. 18. And six branches came out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. @@ -26,13 +28,16 @@ Making the Ark of the Testimony 21. There was a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches extending from it. 22. Their knobs and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. 23. And he made its seven lamps, its wick-trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. -24. Of a talent of pure gold he made it, with all its utensils.Making the Altar of Incense +24. Of a talent of pure gold he made it, with all its utensils. +Making the Altar of Incense 25. He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit and its width a cubit--it was square--and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26. And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it. 27. He made two rings of gold for it under its molding, by its two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to bear it. -28. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense +28. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. +Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense 29. He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md index 83ed90a1..56ca4fc1 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ Making the Altar of Burnt Offering 4. And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom. 5. He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, as holders for the poles. 6. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. -7. Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards.Making the Bronze Laver +7. Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards. +Making the Bronze Laver -8. He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.Making the Court of the Tabernacle + +8. He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. +Making the Court of the Tabernacle 9. Then he made the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long. 10. There were twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. @@ -22,7 +25,9 @@ Making the Altar of Burnt Offering 17. The sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their capitals was silver; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver. 18. The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19. And there were four pillars with their four sockets of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands was silver. -20. All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.Materials of the Tabernacle +20. All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze. +Materials of the Tabernacle + 21. This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. @@ -40,3 +45,4 @@ Making the Altar of Burnt Offering 31. the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md index c3824858..366a513c 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Making the Garments of the Priesthood # Chapter 39 -1. Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.Making the Ephod +1. Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses. +Making the Ephod + 2. He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 3. And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs. @@ -9,7 +11,9 @@ Making the Garments of the Priesthood 5. And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 6. And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel. -7. He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.Making the Breastplate +7. He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses. +Making the Breastplate + 8. And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 9. They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled. @@ -24,7 +28,9 @@ Making the Garments of the Priesthood 18. The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front. 19. And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod. 20. They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. -21. And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had commanded Moses.Making the Other Priestly Garments +21. And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had commanded Moses. +Making the Other Priestly Garments + 22. He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23. And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear. @@ -39,7 +45,8 @@ Making the Garments of the Priesthood 30. Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. -31. And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the Lord had commanded Moses.The Work Completed +31. And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the Lord had commanded Moses. +The Work Completed 32. Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did. 33. And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; @@ -56,3 +63,4 @@ HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 43. Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses blessed them. + diff --git a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md index 829d2a3d..9b2e9f55 100644 --- a/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md +++ b/NKJV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged 30. He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing; 31. and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would wash their hands and their feet with water from it. 32. Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -33. And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.The Cloud and the Glory +33. And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. +The Cloud and the Glory 34. Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35. And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. @@ -47,3 +48,4 @@ The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged 38. For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md index 2f80d83a..1b770c85 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ The Burnt Offering 17. Then he shall split it at its wings, but shall not divide it completely; and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md index dcd655f0..3bc79add 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ The Grain Offering 16. Then the priest shall burn the memorial portion: part of its beaten grain and part of its oil, with all the frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md index 3677221e..b901e829 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ The Peace Offering 17. 'This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md index 24d0e21e..39d19912 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ The Sin Offering 35. He shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. So the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md index 25da1725..1da63b82 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The Trespass Offering 11. 'But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12. Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin offering. -13. The priest shall make atonement for him, for his sin that he has committed in any of these matters; and it shall be forgiven him. The rest shall be the priest's as a grain offering.' "Offerings with Restitution +13. The priest shall make atonement for him, for his sin that he has committed in any of these matters; and it shall be forgiven him. The rest shall be the priest's as a grain offering.' " +Offerings with Restitution + 14. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 15. "If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord, then he shall bring to the Lord as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering. @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ The Trespass Offering 19. It is a trespass offering; he has certainly trespassed against the Lord." + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md index e2150c24..e5159461 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Laws About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering +Laws +About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering # Chapter 6 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: @@ -7,14 +8,18 @@ Laws About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering 4. then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore what he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found, 5. or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering. 6. And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest. -7. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses."The Law of the Burnt Offering +7. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses." +The Law of the Burnt Offering + 8. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 9. "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. 10. And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11. Then he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. 12. And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. -13. A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.The Law of the Grain Offering +13. A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out. +The Law of the Grain Offering + 14. 'This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the Lord. 15. He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the Lord. @@ -26,7 +31,9 @@ Laws About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering 20. "This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night. 21. It shall be made in a pan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a sweet aroma to the Lord. 22. The priest from among his sons, who is anointed in his place, shall offer it. It is a statute forever to the Lord. It shall be wholly burned. -23. For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."The Law of the Sin Offering +23. For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten." +The Law of the Sin Offering + 24. Also the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 25. "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the Lord. It is most holy. @@ -37,3 +44,4 @@ Laws About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering 30. But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten. It shall be burned in the fire. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md index c8a70013..974429f3 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Law of the Trespass Offering 7. The trespass offering is like the sin offering; there is one law for them both: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. 8. And the priest who offers anyone's burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. 9. Also every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered pan, or in a pan, shall be the priest's who offers it. -10. Every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to one as much as the other.The Law of Peace Offerings +10. Every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to one as much as the other. +The Law of Peace Offerings + 11. 'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the Lord: 12. If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil. @@ -24,14 +26,18 @@ The Law of the Trespass Offering 19. 'The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. And as for the clean flesh, all who are clean may eat of it. 20. But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, while he is unclean, that person shall be cut off from his people. -21. Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people.' "Fat and Blood May Not Be Eaten +21. Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people.' " +Fat and Blood May Not Be Eaten + 22. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23. "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'You shall not eat any fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24. And the fat of an animal that dies naturally, and the fat of what is torn by wild beasts, may be used in any other way; but you shall by no means eat it. 25. For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, the person who eats it shall be cut off from his people. 26. Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast. -27. Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.' "The Portion of Aaron and His Sons +27. Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.' " +The Portion of Aaron and His Sons + 28. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29. "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offering to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offering. @@ -48,3 +54,4 @@ The Law of the Trespass Offering 38. which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day when He commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md index d620cf7b..2e76ccf6 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md @@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ Aaron and His Sons Consecrated 36. So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md index 9c95e8bf..490457da 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ The Priestly Ministry Begins 24. and fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md index e147eab7..177d6e9e 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ So Aaron held his peace. 5. So they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6. And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled. -7. You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.Conduct Prescribed for Priests +7. You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses. +Conduct Prescribed for Priests + 8. Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying: 9. "Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ So Aaron held his peace. 20. So when Moses heard that, he was content. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md index bb40a98a..ed51ff3e 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Foods Permitted and Forbidden 20. 'All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. 21. Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. 22. These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. -23. But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.Unclean Animals +23. But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you. +Unclean Animals + 24. 'By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25. whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: @@ -58,3 +60,4 @@ Foods Permitted and Forbidden 47. to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md index c0f187b1..22d28341 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ The Ritual After Childbirth 8. 'And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons--one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md index e40b8b5b..936fabfd 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ The Law Concerning Leprosy 44. he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his sore is on his head. 45. "Now the leper on whom the sore is, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare; and he shall cover his mustache, and cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!' -46. He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.The Law Concerning Leprous Garments +46. He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp. +The Law Concerning Leprous Garments + 47. "Also, if a garment has a leprous plague in it, whether it is a woolen garment or a linen garment, 48. whether it is in the warp or woof of linen or wool, whether in leather or in anything made of leather, @@ -73,3 +75,4 @@ The Law Concerning Leprosy 59. "This is the law of the leprous plague in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or in anything made of leather, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean." + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md index b5d92d77..09065620 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ The Ritual for Cleansing Healed Lepers 29. The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. 30. And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he can afford-- 31. such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the Lord. -32. This is the law for one who had a leprous sore, who cannot afford the usual cleansing."The Law Concerning Leprous Houses +32. This is the law for one who had a leprous sore, who cannot afford the usual cleansing." +The Law Concerning Leprous Houses + 33. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 34. "When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give you as a possession, and I put the leprous plague in a house in the land of your possession, @@ -67,3 +69,4 @@ The Ritual for Cleansing Healed Lepers 57. to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy." + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md index e19e36fd..318e9740 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ The Law Concerning Bodily Discharges 33. and for her who is indisposed because of her customary impurity, and for one who has a discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with her who is unclean.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md index 8001bb68..6fd50429 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ The Day of Atonement 34. This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year." And he did as the Lord commanded Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md index 3d0590b4..9f007b12 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ The Sanctity of Blood 16. But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt." + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md index 9ecc8c17..dc4aea84 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ Laws of Sexual Morality 30. 'Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md index d4363538..1a9a84d3 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md @@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ Moral and Ceremonial Laws 37. 'Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the Lord.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md index 931df672..e6129e99 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ Penalties for Breaking the Law 27. 'A man or a woman who is a medium, or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md index ff9b2dfe..6f696d60 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Regulations for Conduct of Priests 24. And Moses told it to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md index 5a7a986e..71b5232d 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ The Holiness of the Offerings 14. 'And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it. 15. They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord, -16. or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings; for I the Lord sanctify them.' "Offerings Accepted and Not Accepted +16. or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings; for I the Lord sanctify them.' " +Offerings Accepted and Not Accepted + 17. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18. "Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the Lord as a burnt offering-- @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ The Holiness of the Offerings 33. who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord." + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md index c0e7fb52..0519836f 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md @@ -2,22 +2,28 @@ Feasts of the Lord # Chapter 23 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, -2. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.The Sabbath +2. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts. +The Sabbath -3. 'Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.The Passover and Unleavened Bread + +3. 'Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. +The Passover and Unleavened Bread 4. 'These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. 5. On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. 6. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it. -8. But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.' "The Feast of Firstfruits +8. But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.' " +The Feast of Firstfruits + 9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. 11. He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12. And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13. Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. -14. You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.The Feast of Weeks +14. You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. +The Feast of Weeks 15. 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord. @@ -58,3 +64,4 @@ Feasts of the Lord 44. So Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md index 719a368b..4a61451a 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md @@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ Care of the Tabernacle Lamps 1. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2. "Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually. 3. Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge of it from evening until morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute forever in your generations. -4. He shall be in charge of the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.The Bread of the Tabernacle +4. He shall be in charge of the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually. +The Bread of the Tabernacle + 5. "And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. 6. You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord. 7. And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering made by fire to the Lord. 8. Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. -9. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetual statute."The Penalty for Blasphemy +9. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetual statute." +The Penalty for Blasphemy + 10. Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel fought each other in the camp. 11. And the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord and cursed; and so they brought him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ Care of the Tabernacle Lamps 23. Then Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they took outside the camp him who had cursed, and stoned him with stones. So the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md index 0587bf6e..5edff673 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Sabbath of the Seventh Year 4. but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. 5. What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. 6. And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, -7. for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land--all its produce shall be for food.The Year of Jubilee +7. for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land--all its produce shall be for food. +The Year of Jubilee + 8. 'And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9. Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. @@ -19,14 +21,18 @@ The Sabbath of the Seventh Year 14. And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another. 15. According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you. 16. According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops. -17. Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.Provisions for the Seventh Year +17. Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God. +Provisions for the Seventh Year + 18. 'So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety. 19. Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety. 20. 'And if you say, "What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?" 21. Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years. -22. And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.Redemption of Property +22. And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest. +Redemption of Property + 23. 'The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me. 24. And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land. @@ -41,12 +47,16 @@ The Sabbath of the Seventh Year 31. However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee. 32. Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time. 33. And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. -34. But the field of the common-land of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.Lending to the Poor +34. But the field of the common-land of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. +Lending to the Poor + 35. 'If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 36. Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you. 37. You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. -38. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.The Law Concerning Slavery +38. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. +The Law Concerning Slavery + 39. 'And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave. 40. As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee. @@ -68,3 +78,4 @@ The Sabbath of the Seventh Year 55. For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md index b14c7610..2e40e9b0 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Promise of Blessing and Retribution 1. 'You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; -for I am the Lord your God. +for +I am the Lord your God. 2. You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord. @@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. 12. I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. -13. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; +13. +I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright. 14. 'But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments, @@ -117,7 +119,8 @@ I will remember the land. they will accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes. 44. Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor shall I abhor them, to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them; -for I am the Lord their God. +for +I am the Lord their God. 45. But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.' " @@ -125,3 +128,4 @@ I am the Lord.' " 46. These are the statutes and judgments and laws which the Lord made between Himself and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md index 5451cbb3..d18cec1c 100644 --- a/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to God 34. These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md index 8c571bc0..d84b67bd 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ The First Census of Israel 54. Thus the children of Israel did; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md index 397d234d..5a8faee0 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ The Tribes and Leaders by Armies 34. Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to their fathers' houses. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md index eaea60f6..5ed09008 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Sons of Aaron 1. Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests. -4. Nadab and Abihu had died before the Lord when they offered profane fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.The Levites Serve in the Tabernacle +4. Nadab and Abihu had died before the Lord when they offered profane fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father. +The Levites Serve in the Tabernacle + 5. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 6. "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. @@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ The Sons of Aaron 37. and the pillars of the court all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their cords. 38. Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but the outsider who came near was to be put to death. -39. All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.Levites Dedicated Instead of the Firstborn +39. All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand. +Levites Dedicated Instead of the Firstborn + 40. Then the Lord said to Moses: "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. 41. And you shall take the Levites for Me--I am the Lord--instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel." @@ -66,3 +70,4 @@ The Sons of Aaron 51. And Moses gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md index 6ee20513..17818dd0 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Duties of the Sons of Kohath 17. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 18. "Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 19. but do this in regard to them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his task. -20. But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die."Duties of the Sons of Gershon +20. But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die." +Duties of the Sons of Gershon + 21. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 22. "Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' house, by their families. @@ -36,13 +38,17 @@ Duties of the Sons of Kohath 26. the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: so shall they serve. 27. "Aaron and his sons shall assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all their tasks as their duty. -28. This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.Duties of the Sons of Merari +28. This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. +Duties of the Sons of Merari + 29. "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers' house. 30. From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 31. And this is what they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, 32. and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall assign to each man by name the items he must carry. -33. This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."Census of the Levites +33. This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest." +Census of the Levites + 34. And Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers' house, 35. from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting; @@ -66,3 +72,4 @@ Duties of the Sons of Kohath 49. According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, each according to his service and according to his task; thus were they numbered by him, as the Lord commanded Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md index 40aa4f66..10c271ca 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md @@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ Ceremonially Unclean Persons Isolated 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2. "Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse. 3. You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell." -4. And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.Confession and Restitution +4. And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did. +Confession and Restitution 5. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6. "Speak to the children of Israel: 'When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the Lord, and that person is guilty, 7. then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8. But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him. 9. Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. -10. And every man's holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest shall be his.' "Concerning Unfaithful Wives +10. And every man's holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest shall be his.' " +Concerning Unfaithful Wives + 11. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'If any man's wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him, @@ -40,3 +43,4 @@ Ceremonially Unclean Persons Isolated 31. Then the man shall be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her guilt.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md index 44a0cf25..b4597f26 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ The Law of the Nazirite 19. 'And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair, 20. and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord; they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.' -21. "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide; according to the vow which he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation."The Priestly Blessing +21. "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide; according to the vow which he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation." +The Priestly Blessing + 22. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23. "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ And give you peace." ' 27. "So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them." + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md index 07b2e3d0..f7193955 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md @@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ Offerings of the Leaders 89. Now when Moses went into the tabernacle of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice of One speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md index 4fed6b95..2e5a4e5a 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Arrangement of the Lamps 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2. "Speak to Aaron, and say to him, 'When you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.' " 3. And Aaron did so; he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. -4. Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work. According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.Cleansing and Dedication of the Levites +4. Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work. According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. +Cleansing and Dedication of the Levites + 5. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 6. "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them ceremonially. @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ Arrangement of the Lamps 26. They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties." + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md index 7178b821..94090988 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ The Second Passover 23. At the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md index b7ba60dd..e31cda3b 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Two Silver Trumpets 8. The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations. 9. "When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. -10. Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God."Departure from Sinai +10. Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God." +Departure from Sinai + 11. Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. 12. And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran. @@ -59,3 +61,4 @@ And let those who hate You flee before You." To the many thousands of Israel." + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md index 2be2f3ba..fca19109 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The People Complain 12. Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,' to the land which You swore to their fathers? 13. Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.' 14. I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. -15. If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now--if I have found favor in Your sight--and do not let me see my wretchedness!"The Seventy Elders +15. If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now--if I have found favor in Your sight--and do not let me see my wretchedness!" +The Seventy Elders + 16. So the Lord said to Moses: "Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17. Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. @@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ The People Complain 28. So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, "Moses my lord, forbid them!" 29. Then Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!" -30. And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.The Lord Sends Quail +30. And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel. +The Lord Sends Quail + 31. Now a wind went out from the Lord, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day's journey on this side and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. 32. And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. @@ -50,3 +54,4 @@ The People Complain 35. From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth, and camped at Hazeroth. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md index 45c21303..53b99670 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ To speak against My servant Moses?" 16. And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md index 86e236b4..741d51f4 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ Spies Sent into Canaan 33. There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight." + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md index 5d3df0db..3aad089b 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan 8. If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, 'a land which flows with milk and honey.' 9. Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them." -10. And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.Moses Intercedes for the People +10. And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel. +Moses Intercedes for the People + 11. Then the Lord said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them? 12. I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they." @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan 22. because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23. they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. 24. But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. -25. Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea."Death Sentence on the Rebels +25. Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea." +Death Sentence on the Rebels + 26. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27. "How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. @@ -46,7 +50,8 @@ Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan 36. Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land, 37. those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord. -38. But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.A Futile Invasion Attempt +38. But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land. +A Futile Invasion Attempt 39. Then Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly. 40. And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!" @@ -59,3 +64,4 @@ Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan 45. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back as far as Hormah. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md index 9e8ce8c6..7a89ae12 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings 18. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land to which I bring you, 19. then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord. 20. You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up. -21. Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin +21. Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations. +Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin + 22. 'If you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses-- 23. all that the Lord has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations-- @@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings 27. 'And if a person sins unintentionally, then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering. 28. So the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. -29. You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them.Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin +29. You shall have one law for him who sins unintentionally, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwells among them. +Law Concerning Presumptuous Sin + 30. 'But the person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be cut off from among his people. 31. Because he has despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt shall be upon him.' "Penalty for Violating the Sabbath @@ -43,7 +47,9 @@ Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings 34. They put him under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him. 35. Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp." -36. So, as the Lord commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.Tassels on Garments +36. So, as the Lord commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died. +Tassels on Garments + 37. Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 38. "Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. @@ -52,3 +58,4 @@ Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings 41. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God." + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md index 33ccb6b7..9b3fbcba 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md @@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ Rebellion Against Moses and Aaron 37. "Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for they are holy, and scatter the fire some distance away. 38. The censers of these men who sinned against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the Lord, therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel." 39. So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar, -40. to be a memorial to the children of Israel that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.Complaints of the People +40. to be a memorial to the children of Israel that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses. +Complaints of the People + 41. On the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the Lord." 42. Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tabernacle of meeting; and suddenly the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. @@ -70,3 +72,4 @@ And they fell on their faces. 50. So Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, for the plague had stopped. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md index 8a991bbc..c851bd4c 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ The Budding of Aaron's Rod 13. Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord must die. Shall we all utterly die?" + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md index 1e8ee07e..8df27070 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Duties of Priests and Levites 4. They shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; but an outsider shall not come near you. 5. And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel. 6. Behold, I Myself have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; they are a gift to you, given by the Lord, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. -7. Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death."Offerings for Support of the Priests +7. Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death." +Offerings for Support of the Priests + 8. And the Lord spoke to Aaron: "Here, I Myself have also given you charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them as a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever. 9. This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons. @@ -27,12 +29,16 @@ Duties of Priests and Levites 19. "All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord with you and your descendants with you." -20. Then the Lord said to Aaron: "You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.Tithes for Support of the Levites +20. Then the Lord said to Aaron: "You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel. +Tithes for Support of the Levites + 21. "Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 22. Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, lest they bear sin and die. 23. But the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever, throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. -24. For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, 'Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.' "The Tithe of the Levites +24. For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, 'Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.' " +The Tithe of the Levites + 25. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26. "Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: 'When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to the Lord, a tenth of the tithe. @@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ Duties of Priests and Levites 32. And you shall bear no sin because of it, when you have lifted up the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy gifts of the children of Israel, lest you die.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md index 273840d0..d0dd1d19 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Laws of Purification 22. Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md index 5cebc8ee..e9578157 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Moses' Error at Kadesh 12. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." -13. This was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them.Passage Through Edom Refused +13. This was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them. +Passage Through Edom Refused + 14. Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. "Thus says your brother Israel: 'You know all the hardship that has befallen us, 15. how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. @@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ Moses' Error at Kadesh 19. So the children of Israel said to him, "We will go by the Highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, nothing more." 20. Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong hand. -21. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.Death of Aaron +21. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him. +Death of Aaron + 22. Now the children of Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. 23. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying: @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ Moses' Error at Kadesh 29. Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md index 5cbd2e4f..80339ed0 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Canaanites Defeated at Hormah # Chapter 21 1. The king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim. Then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners. 2. So Israel made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities." -3. And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of that place was called Hormah.The Bronze Serpent +3. And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of that place was called Hormah. +The Bronze Serpent + 4. Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5. And the people spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread." @@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ Canaanites Defeated at Hormah 7. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. 8. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live." -9. So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.From Mount Hor to Moab +9. So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. +From Mount Hor to Moab + 10. Now the children of Israel moved on and camped in Oboth. 11. And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the sunrise. @@ -36,7 +40,8 @@ Dug by the nation's nobles, By the lawgiver, with their staves." And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah, 19. from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, -20. and from Bamoth, in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland.King Sihon Defeated +20. and from Bamoth, in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland. +King Sihon Defeated 21. Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22. "Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into fields or vineyards; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the King's Highway until we have passed through your territory." @@ -65,10 +70,12 @@ Then we laid waste as far as Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba." 31. Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. -32. Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.King Og Defeated +32. Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there. +King Og Defeated 33. And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. So Og king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 34. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon." 35. So they defeated him, his sons, and all his people, until there was no survivor left him; and they took possession of his land. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md index 39a4588b..1e689841 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Balak Sends for Balaam 19. Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me." 20. And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you--that you shall do." -21. So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel +21. So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. +Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel + 22. Then God's anger was aroused because he went, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23. Now the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road. @@ -60,8 +62,11 @@ And he said, "No." 38. And Balaam said to Balak, "Look, I have come to you! Now, have I any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I must speak." 39. So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath Huzoth. -40. Then Balak offered oxen and sheep, and he sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.Balaam's First Prophecy +40. Then Balak offered oxen and sheep, and he sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him. +Balaam's First Prophecy + 41. So it was, the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, that from there he might observe the extent of the people. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md index 5f6a09f2..d7a77e59 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ And let my end be like his!" 11. Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!" -12. So he answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?"Balaam's Second Prophecy +12. So he answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?" +Balaam's Second Prophecy + 13. Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there." 14. So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. @@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ And drinks the blood of the slain." 25. Then Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!" -26. So Balaam answered and said to Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that the Lord speaks, that I must do'?"Balaam's Third Prophecy +26. So Balaam answered and said to Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that the Lord speaks, that I must do'?" +Balaam's Third Prophecy + 27. Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there." 28. So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks the wasteland. @@ -81,3 +85,4 @@ And drinks the blood of the slain." 30. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on every altar. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md index 98935a0d..cf5de11e 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ And cursed is he who curses you." 12. So Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying, 13. 'If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord, to do good or bad of my own will. What the Lord says, that I must speak'? -14. And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days."Balaam's Fourth Prophecy +14. And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days." +Balaam's Fourth Prophecy + 15. So he took up his oracle and said: "The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, @@ -87,3 +89,4 @@ And so shall Amalek, until he perishes." 25. So Balaam rose and departed and returned to his place; Balak also went his way. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md index 8ae296c1..453dbe59 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Israel's Harlotry in Moab 18. for they harassed you with their schemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor." + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md index 5fecabf9..9c99971e 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md @@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ These are the sons of Joseph according to their families. 65. For the Lord had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md index 653429e6..5688b21a 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Inheritance Laws 8. And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. 9. If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 10. If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers. -11. And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.' " And it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses.Joshua the Next Leader of Israel +11. And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.' " And it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses. +Joshua the Next Leader of Israel 12. Now the Lord said to Moses: "Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. 13. And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. @@ -32,3 +33,4 @@ Inheritance Laws 23. And he laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md index c6c231bc..26aa16d1 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md @@ -9,16 +9,21 @@ Daily Offerings 5. and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil. 6. It is a regular burnt offering which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. 7. And its drink offering shall be one-fourth of a hin for each lamb; in a holy place you shall pour out the drink to the Lord as an offering. -8. The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; as the morning grain offering and its drink offering, you shall offer it as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.Sabbath Offerings +8. The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; as the morning grain offering and its drink offering, you shall offer it as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. +Sabbath Offerings + 9. 'And on the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year, without blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering-- -10. this is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.Monthly Offerings +10. this is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering. +Monthly Offerings + 11. 'At the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish; 12. three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; 13. and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with oil, as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. 14. Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year. -15. Also one kid of the goats as a sin offering to the Lord shall be offered, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.Offerings at Passover +15. Also one kid of the goats as a sin offering to the Lord shall be offered, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. +Offerings at Passover 16. 'On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the Lord. 17. And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. @@ -29,7 +34,8 @@ Daily Offerings 22. also one goat as a sin offering, to make atonement for you. 23. You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a regular burnt offering. 24. In this manner you shall offer the food of the offering made by fire daily for seven days, as a sweet aroma to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. -25. And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.Offerings at the Feast of Weeks +25. And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. +Offerings at the Feast of Weeks 26. 'Also on the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. 27. You shall present a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, @@ -39,3 +45,4 @@ Daily Offerings 31. Be sure they are without blemish. You shall present them with their drink offerings, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md index 713c5795..752f63f6 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md @@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ Offerings at the Feast of Trumpets 3. Their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, 4. and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs; 5. also one kid of the goats as a sin offering, to make atonement for you; -6. besides the burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Moon, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, as a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.Offerings on the Day of Atonement +6. besides the burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Moon, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, as a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. +Offerings on the Day of Atonement 7. 'On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work. 8. You shall present a burnt offering to the Lord as a sweet aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year. Be sure they are without blemish. 9. Their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 10. and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs; -11. also one kid of the goats as a sin offering, besides the sin offering for atonement, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.Offerings at the Feast of Tabernacles +11. also one kid of the goats as a sin offering, besides the sin offering for atonement, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings. +Offerings at the Feast of Tabernacles 12. 'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days. 13. You shall present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a sweet aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in their first year. They shall be without blemish. @@ -54,3 +56,4 @@ Offerings at the Feast of Trumpets 40. So Moses told the children of Israel everything, just as the Lord commanded Moses. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md index 1ad0068e..7c026f18 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ The Law Concerning Vows 16. These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father's house. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md index 9678c383..1e4f248e 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Vengeance on the Midianites 9. And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. 10. They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts. -11. And they took all the spoil and all the booty--of man and beast.Return from the War +11. And they took all the spoil and all the booty--of man and beast. +Return from the War + 12. Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. 13. And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp. @@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ Vengeance on the Midianites 21. Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses: 22. Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23. everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water. -24. And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp."Division of the Plunder +24. And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp." +Division of the Plunder + 25. Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 26. "Count up the plunder that was taken--of man and beast--you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; @@ -67,3 +71,4 @@ Vengeance on the Midianites 54. And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting as a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md index d01661d7..39a1b921 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan 42. Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md index f8be60ad..dd3cc840 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ Israel's Journey from Egypt Reviewed 46. They moved from Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim. 47. They moved from Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48. They departed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. -49. They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the Abel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab.Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan +49. They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the Abel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab. +Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan + 50. Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying, 51. "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, @@ -67,3 +69,4 @@ Israel's Journey from Egypt Reviewed 56. Moreover it shall be that I will do to you as I thought to do to them.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md index de1e6021..321f5d26 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan 13. Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe. 14. For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and the half-tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance. -15. The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, across from Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise."The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land +15. The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, across from Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise." +The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land + 16. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17. "These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan 29. These are the ones the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md index 60b39c69..c33ecca7 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Cities for the Levites 34. Therefore do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md index 741e5ced..771dcbc3 100644 --- a/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Marriage of Female Heirs 13. These are the commandments and the judgments which the Lord commanded the children of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md index 805aa718..3e3c1063 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ The Previous Command to Enter Canaan 5. On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying, 6. "The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: 'You have dwelt long enough at this mountain. 7. Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates. -8. See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob--to give to them and their descendants after them.'Tribal Leaders Appointed +8. See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob--to give to them and their descendants after them.' +Tribal Leaders Appointed 9. "And I spoke to you at that time, saying: 'I alone am not able to bear you. 10. The Lord your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude. @@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ The Previous Command to Enter Canaan 16. "Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him. 17. You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man's presence, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.' -18. And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.Israel's Refusal to Enter the Land +18. And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do. +Israel's Refusal to Enter the Land 19. "So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the Lord our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea. 20. And I said to you, 'You have come to the mountains of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. @@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ The Previous Command to Enter Canaan 30. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31. and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.' 32. Yet, for all that, you did not believe the Lord your God, -33. who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.The Penalty for Israel's Rebellion +33. who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day. +The Penalty for Israel's Rebellion 34. "And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying, 35. 'Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I swore to give to your fathers, @@ -62,3 +65,4 @@ The Previous Command to Enter Canaan 46. "So you remained in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you spent there. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md index b1487a6a..a5b5b8c0 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ The Desert Years 23. And the Avim, who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza--the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in their place.) 24. " 'Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle. -25. This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.'King Sihon Defeated +25. This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.' +King Sihon Defeated 26. "And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 27. 'Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left. @@ -51,3 +52,4 @@ The Desert Years 37. Only you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon--anywhere along the River Jabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or wherever the Lord our God had forbidden us. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md index 51504b82..7bd18b66 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ King Og Defeated 9. (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir), 10. all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -11. "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.The Land East of the Jordan Divided +11. "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit. +The Land East of the Jordan Divided 12. "And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites. 13. The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants. @@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ King Og Defeated 20. until the Lord has given rest to your brethren as to you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.' 21. "And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, 'Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms through which you pass. -22. You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.'Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land +22. You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.' +Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land + 23. "Then I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying: 24. 'O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds? @@ -42,3 +45,4 @@ King Og Defeated 29. "So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth Peor. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md index a8ac089f..6f53e4b9 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Moses Commands Obedience 11. "Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12. And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice. 13. So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. -14. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.Beware of Idolatry +14. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess. +Beware of Idolatry + 15. "Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16. lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female, @@ -46,11 +48,15 @@ Moses Commands Obedience 37. And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, 38. driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day. 39. Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. -40. You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time."Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan +40. You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time." +Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan + 41. Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, 42. that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: -43. Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.Introduction to God's Law +43. Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. +Introduction to God's Law + 44. Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45. These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt, @@ -60,3 +66,4 @@ Moses Commands Obedience 49. and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md index df48740c..de379e3a 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ The Ten Commandments Reviewed 21. 'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.' -22. "These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.The People Afraid of God's Presence +22. "These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. +The People Afraid of God's Presence 23. "So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 24. And you said: 'Surely the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he still lives. @@ -51,3 +52,4 @@ The Ten Commandments Reviewed 33. You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md index 7790260c..52babbbb 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Greatest Commandment 6. "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. -9. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.Caution Against Disobedience +9. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. +Caution Against Disobedience + 10. "So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build, 11. houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant--when you have eaten and are full-- @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ The Greatest Commandment 25. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.' + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md index 4be61c88..b91b1ddc 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ A Chosen People 9. "Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; 10. and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face. -11. Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them.Blessings of Obedience +11. Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them. +Blessings of Obedience 12. "Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. 13. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. @@ -33,3 +34,4 @@ A Chosen People 26. Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md index ef734947..2022ce97 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Remember the Lord Your God 20. As the nations which the Lord destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md index e9039e82..2e86cef7 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Israel's Rebellions Reviewed 29. Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your outstretched arm.' + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md index 4a1b894c..27044fd7 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Second Pair of Tablets 9. Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God promised him.) 10. "As at the first time, I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; the Lord also heard me at that time, and the Lord chose not to destroy you. -11. Then the Lord said to me, 'Arise, begin your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.'The Essence of the Law +11. Then the Lord said to me, 'Arise, begin your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.' +The Essence of the Law + 12. "And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13. and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good? @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ The Second Pair of Tablets 22. Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md index 4308a21e..3a6f4ab1 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Love and Obedience Rewarded 32. And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md index 05a4233e..240116fd 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ A Prescribed Place of Worship 25. You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. 26. Only the holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses. 27. And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you shall eat the meat. -28. Observe and obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.Beware of False Gods +28. Observe and obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God. +Beware of False Gods + 29. "When the Lord your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, 30. take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.' @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ A Prescribed Place of Worship 32. "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md index 10f0426e..168f4c68 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Punishment of Apostates 18. because you have listened to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you today, to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md index 1ffcf5c8..69f75de8 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Improper Mourning # Chapter 14 1. "You are the children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead. -2. For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.Clean and Unclean Meat +2. For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. +Clean and Unclean Meat 3. "You shall not eat any detestable thing. 4. These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, @@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ Improper Mourning 20. "You may eat all clean birds. 21. "You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. -"You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.Tithing Principles +"You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. +Tithing Principles + 22. "You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. 23. And you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. @@ -41,3 +44,4 @@ Improper Mourning 29. And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md index 79451a9a..514ef781 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md @@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ Debts Canceled Every Seven Years 3. Of a foreigner you may require it; but you shall give up your claim to what is owed by your brother, 4. except when there may be no poor among you; for the Lord will greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance-- 5. only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today. -6. For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.Generosity to the Poor +6. For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. +Generosity to the Poor + 7. "If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8. but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. 9. Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you. 10. You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. -11. For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.'The Law Concerning Bondservants +11. For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.' +The Law Concerning Bondservants + 12. "If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 13. And when you send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed; @@ -20,7 +24,9 @@ Debts Canceled Every Seven Years 15. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today. 16. And if it happens that he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you, 17. then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise. -18. It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.The Law Concerning Firstborn Animals +18. It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do. +The Law Concerning Firstborn Animals + 19. "All the firstborn males that come from your herd and your flock you shall sanctify to the Lord your God; you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 20. You and your household shall eat it before the Lord your God year by year in the place which the Lord chooses. @@ -29,3 +35,4 @@ Debts Canceled Every Seven Years 23. Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md index 22d37729..9c32fbdc 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md @@ -9,19 +9,23 @@ The Passover Reviewed 5. "You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you; 6. but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. 7. And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. -8. Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.The Feast of Weeks Reviewed +8. Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it. +The Feast of Weeks Reviewed 9. "You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. 10. Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you. 11. You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. -12. And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed +12. And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. +The Feast of Tabernacles Reviewed 13. "You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. 14. And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates. 15. Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice. 16. "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. -17. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.Justice Must Be Administered +17. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. +Justice Must Be Administered + 18. "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. @@ -31,3 +35,4 @@ The Passover Reviewed 22. You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md index 02358575..cfb35911 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Various Instructions 10. You shall do according to the sentence which they pronounce upon you in that place which the Lord chooses. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they order you. 11. According to the sentence of the law in which they instruct you, according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left from the sentence which they pronounce upon you. 12. Now the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel. -13. And all the people shall hear and fear, and no longer act presumptuously.Principles Governing Kings +13. And all the people shall hear and fear, and no longer act presumptuously. +Principles Governing Kings + 14. "When you come to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,' 15. you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Various Instructions 20. that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md index 16e4ad53..755bcbf5 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md @@ -10,14 +10,18 @@ The Portion of the Priests and Levites 6. "So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the Lord chooses, 7. then he may serve in the name of the Lord his God as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord. -8. They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.Avoid Wicked Customs +8. They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance. +Avoid Wicked Customs + 9. "When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. 10. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11. or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. 13. You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. -14. For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you.A New Prophet Like Moses +14. For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you. +A New Prophet Like Moses + 15. "The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, 16. according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.' @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ The Portion of the Priests and Levites 22. when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md index a9e649f6..15fdd311 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md @@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ Three Cities of Refuge 11. "But if anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises against him and strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, 12. then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. -13. Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.Property Boundaries +13. Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you. +Property Boundaries + + +14. "You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. +The Law Concerning Witnesses -14. "You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.The Law Concerning Witnesses 15. "One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. 16. If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Three Cities of Refuge 21. Your eye shall not pity: life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md index b1453abd..dea4e136 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Principles Governing Warfare 20. Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, to build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md index b0fe6cce..d1e8813c 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md @@ -9,24 +9,33 @@ The Law Concerning Unsolved Murder 6. And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. 7. Then they shall answer and say, 'Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it. 8. Provide atonement, O Lord, for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel.' And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood. -9. So you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.Female Captives +9. So you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. +Female Captives + 10. "When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God delivers them into your hand, and you take them captive, 11. and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your wife, 12. then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails. 13. She shall put off the clothes of her captivity, remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month; after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. -14. And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have humbled her.Firstborn Inheritance Rights +14. And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have humbled her. +Firstborn Inheritance Rights + 15. "If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved, 16. then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn. -17. But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.The Rebellious Son +17. But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. +The Rebellious Son + 18. "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, 19. then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city. 20. And they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.' -21. Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.Miscellaneous Laws +21. Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear. +Miscellaneous Laws + 22. "If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23. his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md index 257f15ef..90c46962 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Various Laws of Morality 11. "You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed together. -12. "You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself.Laws of Sexual Morality +12. "You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself. +Laws of Sexual Morality + 13. "If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests her, 14. and charges her with shameful conduct, and brings a bad name on her, and says, 'I took this woman, and when I came to her I found she was not a virgin,' @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ Various Laws of Morality 30. "A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md index 312eb239..746d2e45 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Those Excluded from the Congregation 6. You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. 7. "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land. -8. The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.Cleanliness of the Campsite +8. The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord. +Cleanliness of the Campsite + 9. "When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing. 10. If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp. @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ Those Excluded from the Congregation 12. "Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out; 13. and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse. -14. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.Miscellaneous Laws +14. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you. +Miscellaneous Laws + 15. "You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you. 16. He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it seems best to him; you shall not oppress him. @@ -38,3 +42,4 @@ Those Excluded from the Congregation 25. When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor's standing grain. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md index 22c82fb0..0bded252 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Law Concerning Divorce 1. "When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, 2. when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man's wife, 3. if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, -4. then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.Miscellaneous Laws +4. then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. +Miscellaneous Laws + 5. "When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Law Concerning Divorce 22. And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md index 1543153a..f705330e 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md @@ -1,18 +1,23 @@ -Laws of Social Responsibility +Laws of +Social Responsibility # Chapter 25 1. "If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, 2. then it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. 3. Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight. -4. "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother +4. "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. +Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother + 5. "If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband's brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. 6. And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7. But if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.' 8. Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, 'I do not want to take her,' 9. then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.' -10. And his name shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his sandal removed.'Miscellaneous Laws +10. And his name shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his sandal removed.' +Miscellaneous Laws + 11. "If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals, 12. then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her. @@ -20,10 +25,13 @@ Laws of Social Responsibility 13. "You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. 14. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15. You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. -16. For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.Destroy the Amalekites +16. For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God. +Destroy the Amalekites + 17. "Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18. how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. 19. Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md index 0d288ffc..14e16c77 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes 12. "When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year--the year of tithing--and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, 13. then you shall say before the Lord your God: 'I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. 14. I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me. -15. Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, "a land flowing with milk and honey." 'A Special People of God +15. Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, "a land flowing with milk and honey." ' +A Special People of God + 16. "This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17. Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes 19. and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken." + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md index 018dedc2..8a1de60f 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Law Inscribed on Stones 8. And you shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law." 9. Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, "Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the Lord your God. -10. Therefore you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today."Curses Pronounced from Mount Ebal +10. Therefore you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today." +Curses Pronounced from Mount Ebal + 11. And Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying, 12. "These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; @@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ The Law Inscribed on Stones "And all the people shall say, 'Amen!' " + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md index 9f9c2e57..3ad1379c 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Blessings on Obedience 11. And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12. The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. -14. So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.Curses on Disobedience +14. So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them. +Curses on Disobedience 15. "But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: @@ -95,3 +96,4 @@ Blessings on Obedience 68. "And the Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, 'You shall never see it again.' And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you." + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md index ac1a2108..13212e05 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ The Covenant Renewed in Moab 29. "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md index 7cfdf183..17249ba5 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Blessing of Returning to God 7. "Also the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8. And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9. The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, -10. if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.The Choice of Life or Death +10. if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. +The Choice of Life or Death + 11. "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12. It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ The Blessing of Returning to God 20. that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md index 5950889e..38037236 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md @@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ Joshua the New Leader of Israel 6. Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you." 7. Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it. -8. And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."The Law to Be Read Every Seven Years +8. And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed." +The Law to Be Read Every Seven Years + 9. So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10. And Moses commanded them, saying: "At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of release, at the Feast of Tabernacles, 11. when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12. Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, -13. and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess."Prediction of Israel's Rebellion +13. and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess." +Prediction of Israel's Rebellion + 14. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting. @@ -37,8 +41,11 @@ So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting. 26. "Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you; 27. for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my death? 28. Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. -29. For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands."The Song of Moses +29. For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands." +The Song of Moses + 30. Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended: + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md index 678ca138..4b4b3ee6 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md @@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ He will provide atonement for His land and His people." 44. So Moses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45. Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46. and he said to them: "Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe--all the words of this law. -47. For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess."Moses to Die on Mount Nebo +47. For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess." +Moses to Die on Mount Nebo + 48. Then the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying: 49. "Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession; @@ -199,3 +201,4 @@ He will provide atonement for His land and His people." 52. Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel." + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md index 38abcb2e..4f8aa689 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md @@ -141,3 +141,4 @@ Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high places." + diff --git a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md index 9192ec66..16bbdcc8 100644 --- a/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ Moses Dies on Mount Nebo 12. and by all that mighty power and all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md index 35013dc5..62d50e91 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ God's Commission to Joshua 6. Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7. Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. -9. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."The Order to Cross the Jordan +9. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." +The Order to Cross the Jordan + 10. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11. "Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, 'Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.' " @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ God's Commission to Joshua 18. Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage." + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md index 22f8d717..2c7dd9d9 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there. 24. And they said to Joshua, "Truly the Lord has delivered all the land into our hands, for indeed all the inhabitants of the country are fainthearted because of us." + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md index 159e0558..ddc7a9d7 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people. 17. Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md index 79dbf7af..1079d4b8 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ The Memorial Stones 10. So the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over. 11. Then it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over, that the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people. 12. And the men of Reuben, the men of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them. -13. About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho. +13. +About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14. On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15. Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, @@ -32,3 +33,4 @@ The Memorial Stones 24. that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever." + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md index 83bbddc5..a659c43a 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Second Generation Circumcised 10. Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho. 11. And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. -12. Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.The Commander of the Army of the Lord +12. Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year. +The Commander of the Army of the Lord + 13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are You for us or for our adversaries?" @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, "What d 15. Then the Commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md index 7a05082d..cc9d5fb1 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ The Destruction of Jericho 27. So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout all the country. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md index a6aa9ef5..50593f5c 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Defeat at Ai 6. Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. 7. And Joshua said, "Alas, Lord God, why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all--to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! 8. O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its back before its enemies? -9. For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?"The Sin of Achan +9. For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?" +The Sin of Achan + 10. So the Lord said to Joshua: "Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? 11. Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff. @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ Defeat at Ai 26. Then they raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md index 9a1a3ff3..fd59494b 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ The Fall of Ai 26. For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27. Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of the Lord which He had commanded Joshua. 28. So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day. -29. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.Joshua Renews the Covenant +29. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day. +Joshua Renews the Covenant 30. Now Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in Mount Ebal, 31. as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: "an altar of whole stones over which no man has wielded an iron tool." And they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. @@ -45,3 +46,4 @@ The Fall of Ai 35. There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md index 628da40d..c0f35697 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ And Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and where do you come from?" 27. And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, in the place which He would choose, even to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md index 0f977704..34e49b24 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. 14. And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel. -15. Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.The Amorite Kings Executed +15. Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. +The Amorite Kings Executed + 16. But these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 17. And it was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah." @@ -43,7 +45,9 @@ No one moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 24. So it was, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." And they drew near and put their feet on their necks. 25. Then Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight." 26. And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening. -27. So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.Conquest of the Southland +27. So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. +Conquest of the Southland + 28. On that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them--all the people who were in it. He let none remain. He also did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. @@ -69,3 +73,4 @@ No one moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 43. Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md index 5fe5ce01..301b3c9b 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The Northern Conquest 12. So all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. 13. But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, which Joshua burned. 14. And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the children of Israel took as booty for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none breathing. -15. As the Lord had commanded Moses His servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.Summary of Joshua's Conquests +15. As the Lord had commanded Moses His servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses. +Summary of Joshua's Conquests + 16. Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountain country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan plain--the mountains of Israel and its lowlands, 17. from Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down and killed them. @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ The Northern Conquest 23. So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md index 5d093cf8..eca7beb7 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Kings Conquered by Moses 4. The other king was Og king of Bashan and his territory, who was of the remnant of the giants, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 5. and reigned over Mount Hermon, over Salcah, over all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and over half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. -6. These Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel had conquered; and Moses the servant of the Lord had given it as a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.The Kings Conquered by Joshua +6. These Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel had conquered; and Moses the servant of the Lord had given it as a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh. +The Kings Conquered by Joshua + 7. And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel conquered on this side of the Jordan, on the west, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon as far as Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions, 8. in the mountain country, in the lowlands, in the Jordan plain, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the South--the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ The Kings Conquered by Moses 24. the king of Tirzah, one--all the kings, thirty-one. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md index 2c6ec9fe..a17602b1 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Remaining Land to Be Conquered 4. from the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; 5. the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath; 6. all the inhabitants of the mountains from Lebanon as far as the Brook Misrephoth, and all the Sidonians--them I will drive out from before the children of Israel; only divide it by lot to Israel as an inheritance, as I have commanded you. -7. Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh."The Land Divided East of the Jordan +7. Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh." +The Land Divided East of the Jordan + 8. With the other half-tribe the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses had given them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord had given them: 9. from Aroer which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the town that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain of Medeba as far as Dibon; @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ Remaining Land to Be Conquered 13. Nevertheless the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. -14. Only to the tribe of Levi he had given no inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said to them.The Land of Reuben +14. Only to the tribe of Levi he had given no inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said to them. +The Land of Reuben + 15. And Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families. 16. Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain by Medeba; @@ -27,13 +31,16 @@ Remaining Land to Be Conquered 20. Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth-- 21. all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses had struck with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country. 22. The children of Israel also killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, among those who were killed by them. -23. And the border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages.The Land of Gad +23. And the border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages. +The Land of Gad + 24. Moses also had given an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families. 25. Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah, 26. and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir, 27. and in the valley Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth, on the other side of the Jordan eastward. -28. This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages.Half the Tribe of Manasseh (East) +28. This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages. +Half the Tribe of Manasseh (East) 29. Moses also had given an inheritance to half the tribe of Manasseh; it was for half the tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families: 30. Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, sixty cities; @@ -43,3 +50,4 @@ Remaining Land to Be Conquered 33. But to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as He had said to them. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md index 1e56aa19..b4680286 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Land Divided West of the Jordan 2. Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe. 3. For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them. 4. For the children of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their common-lands for their livestock and their property. -5. As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.Caleb Inherits Hebron +5. As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land. +Caleb Inherits Hebron + 6. Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea. 7. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ The Land Divided West of the Jordan Then the land had rest from war. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md index 589b17bf..5977df9f 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth 10. Then the border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to Timnah. 11. And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea. -12. The west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir +12. The west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families. +Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir 13. Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). 14. Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from there: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. @@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth 16. And Caleb said, "He who attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife." 17. So Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18. Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?" -19. She answered, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.The Cities of Judah +19. She answered, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. +The Cities of Judah + 20. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: @@ -78,3 +81,4 @@ And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth 63. As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md index 24b7c551..e57d21ea 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Ephraim and West Manasseh 2. then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 3. and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea. -4. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.The Land of Ephraim +4. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. +The Land of Ephraim + 5. The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon. @@ -18,3 +20,4 @@ Ephraim and West Manasseh 10. And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md index 30425c8b..1ef642ca 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West) 10. Southward it was Ephraim's, northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was its border. Manasseh's territory was adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east. 11. And in Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had Beth Shean and its towns, Ibleam and its towns, the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of En Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns--three hilly regions. 12. Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. -13. And it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.More Land for Ephraim and Manasseh +13. And it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out. +More Land for Ephraim and Manasseh + 14. Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us only one lot and one share to inherit, since we are a great people, inasmuch as the Lord has blessed us until now?" @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ The Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West) 18. but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong." + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md index ada22f64..bd0d15fa 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Remainder of the Land Divided 8. Then the men arose to go away; and Joshua charged those who went to survey the land, saying, "Go, walk through the land, survey it, and come back to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh." 9. So the men went, passed through the land, and wrote the survey in a book in seven parts by cities; and they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh. -10. Then Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.The Land of Benjamin +10. Then Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions. +The Land of Benjamin + 11. Now the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12. Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ The Remainder of the Land Divided 28. Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md index 7a50a48d..5981449a 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Simeon's Inheritance with Judah 7. Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their villages; 8. and all the villages that were all around these cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. -9. The inheritance of the children of Simeon was included in the share of the children of Judah, for the share of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of that people.The Land of Zebulun +9. The inheritance of the children of Simeon was included in the share of the children of Judah, for the share of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of that people. +The Land of Zebulun + 10. The third lot came out for the children of Zebulun according to their families, and the border of their inheritance was as far as Sarid. 11. Their border went toward the west and to Maralah, went to Dabbasheth, and extended along the brook that is east of Jokneam. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Simeon's Inheritance with Judah 13. And from there it passed along on the east of Gath Hepher, toward Eth Kazin, and extended to Rimmon, which borders on Neah. 14. Then the border went around it on the north side of Hannathon, and it ended in the Valley of Jiphthah El. 15. Included were Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. -16. This was the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.The Land of Issachar +16. This was the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. +The Land of Issachar + 17. The fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18. And their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem, @@ -26,7 +30,9 @@ Simeon's Inheritance with Judah 20. Rabbith, Kishion, Abez, 21. Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez. 22. And the border reached to Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh; their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. -23. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.The Land of Asher +23. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. +The Land of Asher + 24. The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25. And their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, @@ -35,7 +41,9 @@ Simeon's Inheritance with Judah 28. including Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. 29. And the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea by the region of Achzib. 30. Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their villages. -31. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.The Land of Naphtali +31. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. +The Land of Naphtali + 32. The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33. And their border began at Heleph, enclosing the territory from the terebinth tree in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; it ended at the Jordan. @@ -44,7 +52,9 @@ Simeon's Inheritance with Judah 36. Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37. Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 38. Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages. -39. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.The Land of Dan +39. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. +The Land of Dan + 40. The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41. And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, @@ -54,7 +64,9 @@ Simeon's Inheritance with Judah 45. Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 46. Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the region near Joppa. 47. And the border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. -48. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.Joshua's Inheritance +48. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. +Joshua's Inheritance + 49. When they had made an end of dividing the land as an inheritance according to their borders, the children of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. 50. According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim; and he built the city and dwelt in it. @@ -62,3 +74,4 @@ Simeon's Inheritance with Judah 51. These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided as an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the country. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md index 02d76e4e..e668b9c3 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md @@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ The Cities of Refuge 9. These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger who dwelt among them, that whoever killed a person accidentally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md index dac0d0d1..44d61dd3 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md @@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ Cities of the Levites 40. So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. 41. All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common-lands. -42. Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.The Promise Fulfilled +42. Every one of these cities had its common-land surrounding it; thus were all these cities. +The Promise Fulfilled + 43. So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it. 44. The Lord gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45. Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass. + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md index 84f4d47b..3742908e 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Eastern Tribes Return to Their Lands 7. Now to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half of it Joshua gave a possession among their brethren on this side of the Jordan, westward. And indeed, when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, 8. and spoke to them, saying, "Return with much riches to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren." -9. So the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.An Altar by the Jordan +9. So the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. +An Altar by the Jordan + 10. And when they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan--a great, impressive altar. 11. Now the children of Israel heard someone say, "Behold, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan--on the children of Israel's side." @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ Eastern Tribes Return to Their Lands 34. The children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar, Witness, "For it is a witness between us that the Lord is God." + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md index ef3916af..e253b602 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Joshua's Farewell Address 16. When you have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from the good land which He has given you." + diff --git a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md index 4d91bc0c..b914d185 100644 --- a/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ And they said, "We are witnesses!" 26. Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27. And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God." -28. So Joshua let the people depart, each to his own inheritance.Death of Joshua and Eleazar +28. So Joshua let the people depart, each to his own inheritance. +Death of Joshua and Eleazar + 29. Now it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old. 30. And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Serah, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. @@ -51,3 +53,4 @@ And they said, "We are witnesses!" 33. And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md index 6b3a73c5..2223b173 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. 23. So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.) 24. And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will show you mercy." 25. So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go. -26. And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.Incomplete Conquest of the Land +26. And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day. +Incomplete Conquest of the Land + 27. However, Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. 28. And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites under tribute, but did not completely drive them out. @@ -54,3 +56,4 @@ And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. 36. Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md index de7e2440..a125b0fb 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md @@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ Israel's Disobedience 4. So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept. 5. Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord. -6. And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.Death of Joshua +6. And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land. +Death of Joshua 7. So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He had done for Israel. 8. Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died when he was one hundred and ten years old. 9. And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. -10. When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.Israel's Unfaithfulness +10. When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel. +Israel's Unfaithfulness + 11. Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals; 12. and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger. @@ -31,3 +34,4 @@ Israel's Disobedience 23. Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md index 3f860bf5..791dd9bb 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,39 +7,56 @@ The Nations Remaining in the Land 4. And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5. Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. -6. And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.Othniel +6. And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods. +Othniel + 7. So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs. 8. Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years. -9. When the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. +9. When the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: +Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10. The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim. -11. So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.Ehud +11. So the land had rest for forty years. Then +Othniel the son of Kenaz died. +Ehud + 12. And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. 13. Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and Amalek, went and defeated Israel, and took possession of the City of Palms. 14. So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. -15. But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab. -16. Now Ehud made himself a dagger (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh. +15. But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: +Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab. +16. Now +Ehud made himself a dagger (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh. 17. So he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.) 18. And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried the tribute. 19. But he himself turned back from the stone images that were at Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." He said, "Keep silence!" And all who attended him went out from him. -20. So Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private chamber). Then Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." So he arose from his seat. -21. Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. +20. So +Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private chamber). Then +Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." So he arose from his seat. +21. Then +Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. 22. Even the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came out. -23. Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them. +23. Then +Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them. 24. When he had gone out, Eglon's servants came to look, and to their surprise, the doors of the upper room were locked. So they said, "He is probably attending to his needs in the cool chamber." 25. So they waited till they were embarrassed, and still he had not opened the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them. And there was their master, fallen dead on the floor. -26. But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah. +26. But +Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah. 27. And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and he led them. 28. Then he said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over. 29. And at that time they killed about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout men of valor; not a man escaped. -30. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.Shamgar - -31. After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel. +30. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years. +Shamgar + + +31. After him was +Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md index f69f2952..67e85f1a 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md @@ -5,22 +5,27 @@ Deborah 2. So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim. 3. And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel. -4. Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. -5. And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. +4. Now +Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. +5. And she would sit under the palm tree of +Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6. Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, "Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, 'Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun; 7. and against you I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude at the River Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand'?" 8. And Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!" -9. So she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. -10. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him. +9. So she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then +Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. +10. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and +Deborah went up with him. 11. Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, which is beside Kedesh. 12. And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13. So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon. -14. Then Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. +14. Then +Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15. And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. 16. But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left. @@ -37,3 +42,4 @@ Deborah 24. And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md index 56675836..1c8a66b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md @@ -132,3 +132,4 @@ When it comes out in full strength." So the land had rest for forty years. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md index c57fe854..bf86f9e7 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ Midianites Oppress Israel 7. And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord because of the Midianites, 8. that the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage; 9. and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land. -10. Also I said to you, "I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not obeyed My voice.' "Gideon +10. Also I said to you, "I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not obeyed My voice.' " +Gideon -11. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. + +11. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son +Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. 12. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!" -13. Gideon said to Him, "O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites." +13. +Gideon said to Him, "O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites." 14. Then the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?" @@ -28,35 +32,49 @@ Midianites Oppress Israel 18. Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You." And He said, "I will wait until you come back." -19. So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them. +19. So +Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them. 20. The Angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so. 21. Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. -22. Now Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face." +22. Now +Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So +Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face." 23. Then the Lord said to him, "Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die." -24. So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. +24. So +Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 25. Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, "Take your father's young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it; 26. and build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down." -27. So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him. But because he feared his father's household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal +27. So +Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him. But because he feared his father's household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night. +Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal + 28. And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, there was the altar of Baal, torn down; and the wooden image that was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was being offered on the altar which had been built. -29. So they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And when they had inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing." +29. So they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And when they had inquired and asked, they said, " +Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing." 30. Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has torn down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the wooden image that was beside it." 31. But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Would you plead for Baal? Would you save him? Let the one who would plead for him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead for himself, because his altar has been torn down!" 32. Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal plead against him, because he has torn down his altar." 33. Then all the Midianites and Amalekites, the people of the East, gathered together; and they crossed over and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel. -34. But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him. -35. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.The Sign of the Fleece +34. But the Spirit of the Lord came upon +Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him. +35. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. +The Sign of the Fleece -36. So Gideon said to God, "If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said-- + +36. So +Gideon said to God, "If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said-- 37. look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said." 38. And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. -39. Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew." +39. Then +Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew." 40. And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md index 75eceeb2..e1c0fc77 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ Gideon's Valiant Three Hundred 25. And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md index b640bfd9..c0649916 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ So they answered, "As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a kin 19. Then he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you." 20. And he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise, kill them!" But the youth would not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth. -21. So Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself, and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength." So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks.Gideon's Ephod +21. So Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself, and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength." So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks. +Gideon's Ephod + 22. Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian." @@ -42,7 +44,9 @@ So they answered, "As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a kin 26. Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels' necks. 27. Then Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house. -28. Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.Death of Gideon +28. Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon. +Death of Gideon + 29. Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30. Gideon had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives. @@ -54,3 +58,4 @@ So they answered, "As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a kin 35. nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good he had done for Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md index b60d55fb..e5f37e63 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Abimelech's Conspiracy 3. And his mother's brothers spoke all these words concerning him in the hearing of all the men of Shechem; and their heart was inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother." 4. So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men; and they followed him. 5. Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself. -6. And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.The Parable of the Trees +6. And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem. +The Parable of the Trees + 7. Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them: "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, @@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ And devour the cedars of Lebanon!' 18. but you have risen up against my father's house this day, and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother-- 19. if then you have acted in truth and sincerity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. 20. But if not, let fire come from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and Beth Millo; and let fire come from the men of Shechem and from Beth Millo and devour Abimelech!" -21. And Jotham ran away and fled; and he went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.Downfall of Abimelech +21. And Jotham ran away and fled; and he went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. +Downfall of Abimelech + 22. After Abimelech had reigned over Israel three years, 23. God sent a spirit of ill will between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, @@ -102,3 +106,4 @@ But Zebul said to him, "You see the shadows of the mountains as if they were men 57. And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md index aa7c9bd5..03857319 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md @@ -1,12 +1,20 @@ Tola # Chapter 10 -1. After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim. -2. He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.Jair +1. After Abimelech there arose to save Israel +Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim. +2. He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir. +Jair + + +3. After him arose +Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years. +4. Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called "Havoth +Jair" to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. +5. And +Jair died and was buried in Camon. +Israel Oppressed Again -3. After him arose Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years. -4. Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called "Havoth Jair" to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. -5. And Jair died and was buried in Camon.Israel Oppressed Again 6. Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. 7. So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the people of Ammon. @@ -27,3 +35,4 @@ Tola 18. And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, "Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md index 9d9b3370..b231ddd2 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md @@ -1,29 +1,46 @@ Jephthah # Chapter 11 -1. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. -2. Gilead's wife bore sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, "You shall have no inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman." -3. Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him. +1. Now +Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot +Jephthah. +2. Gilead's wife bore sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove +Jephthah out, and said to him, "You shall have no inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman." +3. Then +Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with +Jephthah and went out raiding with him. 4. It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel. -5. And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. -6. Then they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon." +5. And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get +Jephthah from the land of Tob. +6. Then they said to +Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon." -7. So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?" +7. So +Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?" -8. And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." +8. And the elders of Gilead said to +Jephthah, "That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." -9. So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?" +9. So +Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?" -10. And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words." -11. Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah. +10. And the elders of Gilead said to +Jephthah, "The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words." +11. Then +Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and +Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah. -12. Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, "What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?" +12. Now +Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, "What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?" -13. And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably." +13. And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of +Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably." -14. So Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, -15. and said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon; +14. So +Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, +15. and said to him, "Thus says +Jephthah: 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon; 16. for when Israel came up from Egypt, they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and came to Kadesh. 17. Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please let me pass through your land." But the king of Edom would not heed. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained in Kadesh. 18. And they went along through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. @@ -37,16 +54,25 @@ Jephthah 25. And now, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Did he ever fight against them? 26. While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time? 27. Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me by fighting against me. May the Lord, the Judge, render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon.' " -28. However, the king of the people of Ammon did not heed the words which Jephthah sent him.Jephthah's Vow and Victory +28. However, the king of the people of Ammon did not heed the words which +Jephthah sent him. +Jephthah's Vow and Victory -29. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon. -30. And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands, + +29. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon +Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon. +30. And +Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands, 31. then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering." -32. So Jephthah advanced toward the people of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord delivered them into his hands. -33. And he defeated them from Aroer as far as Minnith--twenty cities--and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.Jephthah's Daughter +32. So +Jephthah advanced toward the people of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord delivered them into his hands. +33. And he defeated them from Aroer as far as Minnith--twenty cities--and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. +Jephthah's Daughter -34. When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter. + +34. When +Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter. 35. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot go back on it." 36. So she said to him, "My father, if you have given your word to the Lord, do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the people of Ammon." @@ -55,6 +81,9 @@ Jephthah 38. So he said, "Go." And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains. 39. And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he carried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She knew no man. And it became a custom in Israel -40. that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite. + +40. that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to lament the daughter of +Jephthah the Gileadite. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md index faa35102..92e8a37b 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim 5. The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," 6. then they would say to him, "Then say, 'Shibboleth'!" And he would say, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites. -7. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried among the cities of Gilead.Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon +7. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried among the cities of Gilead. +Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon + 8. After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9. He had thirty sons. And he gave away thirty daughters in marriage, and brought in thirty daughters from elsewhere for his sons. He judged Israel seven years. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim 15. Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountains of the Amalekites. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md index ac5306a4..c96ca6d2 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ And He said, "I am." 25. And the Spirit of the Lord began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md index c162c1bd..81ab7bfe 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ You would not have solved my riddle!" 20. And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md index 7c453739..d4404709 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Then Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves." 14. When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands. 15. He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and killed a thousand men with it. 16. Then Samson said: -"With the jawbone of a donkey, +" +With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men!" @@ -42,3 +43,4 @@ I have slain a thousand men!" 20. And he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md index 0c334e70..9fa3fe20 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head into the web of the 20. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" So he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!" But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him. 21. Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison. -22. However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.Samson Dies with the Philistines +22. However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven. +Samson Dies with the Philistines + 23. Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said: "Our god has delivered into our hands @@ -57,3 +59,4 @@ And the one who multiplied our dead." 31. And his brothers and all his father's household came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md index fee6044a..a451385c 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ So he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to 13. Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!" + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md index 7c7c4d5c..d0b7d0b6 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ The Danites Adopt Micah's Idolatry 24. So he said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me, 'What ails you?' " 25. And the children of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry men fall upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household!" -26. Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.Danites Settle in Laish +26. Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. +Danites Settle in Laish + 27. So they took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. 28. There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there. @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ The Danites Adopt Micah's Idolatry 31. So they set up for themselves Micah's carved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md index 1fa9cfcd..effb0fff 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ The Levite's Concubine 19. although we have both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself, for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything." 20. And the old man said, "Peace be with you! However, let all your needs be my responsibility; only do not spend the night in the open square." -21. So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.Gibeah's Crime +21. So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank. +Gibeah's Crime + 22. As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!" @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ The Levite's Concubine 30. And so it was that all who saw it said, "No such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, confer, and speak up!" + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md index cb08e363..c80f21ac 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ And the Lord said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand." But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways." 33. So all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar. Then Israel's men in ambush burst forth from their position in the plain of Geba. 34. And ten thousand select men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not know that disaster was upon them. -35. The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword. +35. +The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword. 36. So the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to the Benjamites, because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah. 37. And the men in ambush quickly rushed upon Gibeah; the men in ambush spread out and struck the whole city with the edge of the sword. @@ -66,3 +67,4 @@ But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city t 48. And the men of Israel turned back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword--from every city, men and beasts, all who were found. They also set fire to all the cities they came to. + diff --git a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md index 8e312e6f..cbbe789f 100644 --- a/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Wives Provided for the Benjamites 25. In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. + diff --git a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md index d65501a6..59ef258b 100644 --- a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Elimelech's Family Goes to Moab 2. The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion--Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the country of Moab and remained there. 3. Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. 4. Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years. -5. Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.Naomi Returns with Ruth +5. Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband. +Naomi Returns with Ruth + 6. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited His people by giving them bread. 7. Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ If anything but death parts you and me." 22. So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. + diff --git a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md index 0bb4988a..8b0c2464 100644 --- a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, "The man's nam 23. So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law. + diff --git a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md index 84a45c78..51bb7638 100644 --- a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Then she told her all that the man had done for her. 18. Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day." + diff --git a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md index 1751acf7..28a56bb3 100644 --- a/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ And he said, "I will redeem it." 22. Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md index b2b6879b..ea4da9ec 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Family of Elkanah 4. And whenever the time came for Elkanah to make an offering, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 5. But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the Lord had closed her womb. 6. And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb. -7. So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.Hannah's Vow +7. So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat. +Hannah's Vow + 8. Then Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?" @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ The Family of Elkanah 17. Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him." -18. And she said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.Samuel Is Born and Dedicated +18. And she said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. +Samuel Is Born and Dedicated + 19. Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. 20. So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the Lord." @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ The Family of Elkanah 28. Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord." So they worshiped the Lord there. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md index 7f880998..55d6cbc2 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md @@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed." -11. Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.The Wicked Sons of Eli +11. Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest. +The Wicked Sons of Eli + 12. Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord. 13. And the priests' custom with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come with a three-pronged fleshhook in his hand while the meat was boiling. @@ -56,13 +58,17 @@ And exalt the horn of His anointed." 16. And if the man said to him, "They should really burn the fat first; then you may take as much as your heart desires," he would then answer him, "No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force." -17. Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.Samuel's Childhood Ministry +17. Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. +Samuel's Childhood Ministry + 18. But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod. 19. Moreover his mother used to make him a little robe, and bring it to him year by year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20. And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, "The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the loan that was given to the Lord." Then they would go to their own home. -21. And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.Prophecy Against Eli's Household +21. And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord. +Prophecy Against Eli's Household + 22. Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 23. So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people. @@ -83,3 +89,4 @@ And exalt the horn of His anointed." 36. And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and say, "Please, put me in one of the priestly positions, that I may eat a piece of bread." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md index 06122d54..50fd692b 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ He answered, "Here I am." 21. Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md index 0c5ac551..658a78de 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -The Death of Eli +The +Death of Eli # Chapter 4 -1. And the word of Samuel came to all Israel.The Ark of God Captured +1. And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. +The Ark of God Captured Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 2. Then the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field. 3. And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies." @@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside Ebene 9. Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!" 10. So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. -11. Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.Death of Eli +11. Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. +Death of Eli + 12. Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. 13. Now when he came, there was Eli, sitting on a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out. @@ -26,11 +30,15 @@ And he said, "What happened, my son?" 17. So the messenger answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured." -18. Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.Ichabod +18. Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. +Ichabod + 19. Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, due to be delivered; and when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her labor pains came upon her. 20. And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, "Do not fear, for you have borne a son." But she did not answer, nor did she regard it. -21. Then she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. +21. Then she named the child +Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22. And she said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md index 2aa8aef2..ac347ffe 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ And they answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried away to Gath." S 12. And the men who did not die were stricken with the tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md index 96305cf1..9b64f5ef 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md @@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden rats, according to the number 17. These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron; 18. and the golden rats, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of the Lord, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh. -19. Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.The Ark at Kirjath Jearim +19. Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter. +The Ark at Kirjath Jearim + 20. And the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall it go up from us?" 21. So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord; come down and take it up with you." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md index 9326f6c6..d8994860 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Israel Defeats the Philistines # Chapter 7 -1. Then the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.Samuel Judges Israel +1. Then the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. +Samuel Judges Israel + 2. So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Israel Defeats the Philistines 17. But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md index 1ca8ef98..660bc99b 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Israel Demands a King And Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man go to his city." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md index 64af6052..4701f1f2 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md @@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ Saul Chosen to Be King 24. So the cook took up the thigh with its upper part and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, "Here it is, what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat; for until this time it has been kept for you, since I said I invited the people." So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 25. When they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the top of the house. -26. They arose early; and it was about the dawning of the day that Samuel called to Saul on the top of the house, saying, "Get up, that I may send you on your way." And Saul arose, and both of them went outside, he and Samuel.Saul Anointed King +26. They arose early; and it was about the dawning of the day that Samuel called to Saul on the top of the house, saying, "Get up, that I may send you on your way." And Saul arose, and both of them went outside, he and Samuel. +Saul Anointed King + 27. As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us." And he went on. "But you stand here awhile, that I may announce to you the word of God." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md index 71a69587..9f6a8736 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ So he said, "To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they were nowhere to be f 15. And Saul's uncle said, "Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you." -16. So Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But about the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him what Samuel had said.Saul Proclaimed King +16. So Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But about the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him what Samuel had said. +Saul Proclaimed King + 17. Then Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah, 18. and said to the children of Israel, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all kingdoms and from those who oppressed you.' @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ So all the people shouted and said, "Long live the king!" 27. But some rebels said, "How can this man save us?" So they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md index 1e4a3154..409ee67f 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. 15. So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they made sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md index e9b2db26..a2771cba 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ And they answered, "He is witness." 25. But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md index 344b3f77..cf050b8a 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did 13. And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14. But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you." -15. Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men.No Weapons for the Army +15. Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men. +No Weapons for the Army + 16. Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17. Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned onto the road to Ophrah, to the land of Shual, @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did 23. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md index 17f8af09..d37f2bc0 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ Jonathan said to his armorbearer, "Come up after me, for the Lord has delivered 20. Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed every man's sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion. 21. Moreover the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp from the surrounding country, they also joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22. Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden in the mountains of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, they also followed hard after them in the battle. -23. So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven.Saul's Rash Oath +23. So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven. +Saul's Rash Oath + 24. And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people under oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food. 25. Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was honey on the ground. @@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ And Jonathan told him, and said, "I only tasted a little honey with the end of t 45. But the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die. -46. Then Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.Saul's Continuing Wars +46. Then Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. +Saul's Continuing Wars + 47. So Saul established his sovereignty over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the people of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he harassed them. 48. And he gathered an army and attacked the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them. @@ -79,3 +83,4 @@ And Jonathan told him, and said, "I only tasted a little honey with the end of t 52. Now there was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man, he took him for himself. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md index 2eae6fc5..ca815b22 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Saul Spares King Agag 6. Then Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7. And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8. He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. -9. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.Saul Rejected as King +9. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed. +Saul Rejected as King + 10. Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11. "I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments." And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night. @@ -64,3 +66,4 @@ And Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." 35. And Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md index 9636738c..22004947 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ But the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice t 6. So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him!" -7. But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." +7. +But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 8. So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one." 9. Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one." @@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ But the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice t 11. And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here." 12. So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!" -13. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.A Distressing Spirit Troubles Saul +13. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah. +A Distressing Spirit Troubles Saul + 14. But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him. 15. And Saul's servants said to him, "Surely, a distressing spirit from God is troubling you. @@ -38,3 +41,4 @@ And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he 23. And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md index c5e4ee0d..df48c9a1 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md @@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ And Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I do not know." So David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md index 58d1e9cc..59b69e27 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ And David his ten thousands." 13. Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14. And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. 15. Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him. -16. But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.David Marries Michal +16. But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. +David Marries Michal + 17. Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles." For Saul thought, "Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him." @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ And David his ten thousands." 30. Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md index 95312c7d..cd9845ae 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ And someone said, "Indeed they are at Naioth in Ramah." 24. And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md index c91009f3..22902256 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ Jonathan's Loyalty to David 42. Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, 'May the Lord be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants, forever.' " So he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md index 64eadb29..f10db003 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ David and the Holy Bread 8. And David said to Ahimelech, "Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste." 9. So the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is no other except that one here." -And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."David Flees to Gath +And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." +David Flees to Gath + 10. Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11. And the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying: @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ And David his ten thousands'?" 15. Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?" + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md index 4c45e436..2da484c2 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ David's Four Hundred Men 3. Then David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and mother come here with you, till I know what God will do for me." 4. So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. -5. Now the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go to the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.Saul Murders the Priests +5. Now the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go to the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. +Saul Murders the Priests + 6. When Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered--now Saul was staying in Gibeah under a tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing about him-- 7. then Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds? @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ He answered, "Here I am, my lord." 23. Stay with me; do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md index 092901d3..8ce70b39 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ And the Lord said, "He will come down." 12. Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the Lord said, "They will deliver you." -13. So David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah and went wherever they could go. Then it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; so he halted the expedition.David in Wilderness Strongholds +13. So David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah and went wherever they could go. Then it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; so he halted the expedition. +David in Wilderness Strongholds + 14. And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in the mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand. 15. So David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in a forest. @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ And the Lord said, "They will deliver you." 29. Then David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at En Gedi. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md index 46bd9a9f..99cd7142 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ David Spares Saul 22. So David swore to Saul. And Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md index 354526cc..730879ee 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Death of Samuel # Chapter 25 -1. Then Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.David and the Wife of Nabal +1. Then Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the Wilderness of Paran. +David and the Wife of Nabal + 2. Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel, and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3. The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb. @@ -62,3 +64,4 @@ And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 44. But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md index 2fd04c1c..93d23f9c 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king." So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md index a391f014..6d181f72 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ David Allied with the Philistines 12. So Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever." + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md index 1c455f75..d73213b1 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Saul Consults a Medium 1. Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, "You assuredly know that you will go out with me to battle, you and your men." 2. So David said to Achish, "Surely you know what your servant can do." -And Achish said to David, "Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever."Saul Consults a Medium +And Achish said to David, "Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever." +Saul Consults a Medium + 3. Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the spiritists out of the land. @@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ And Achish said to David, "Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians f 7. Then Saul said to his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor." -8. So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And he said, "Please conduct a séance for me, and bring up for me the one I shall name to you." +8. So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And he said, "Please conduct a s�ance for me, and bring up for me the one I shall name to you." 9. Then the woman said to him, "Look, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the spiritists from the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?" @@ -51,3 +53,4 @@ So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. 25. So she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md index dbd3b111..99ba0ea1 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ And David his ten thousands'?" 11. So David and his men rose early to depart in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md index 111bed2a..035c0add 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ So he said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me int 31. those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to rove. + diff --git a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md index cbbc64d2..45ef1498 100644 --- a/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a 13. Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md index d96412e6..63e6a2a4 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ And he answered, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite." 14. So David said to him, "How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?" 15. Then David called one of the young men and said, "Go near, and execute him!" And he struck him so that he died. -16. So David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord's anointed.' "The Song of the Bow +16. So David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord's anointed.' " +The Song of the Bow + 17. Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, 18. and he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written in the Book of Jasher: @@ -71,3 +73,4 @@ Surpassing the love of women. And the weapons of war perished!" + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md index db338307..15fdbbdf 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ And He said, "To Hebron." 4. Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, "The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul." 5. So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, "You are blessed of the Lord, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him. 6. And now may the Lord show kindness and truth to you. I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing. -7. Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."Ishbosheth Made King of Israel +7. Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them." +Ishbosheth Made King of Israel + 8. But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim; 9. and he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10. Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah followed David. -11. And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.Israel and Judah at War +11. And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. +Israel and Judah at War + 12. Now Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. So they sat down, one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool. @@ -51,3 +55,4 @@ He answered, "I am." 32. Then they took up Asahel and buried him in his father's tomb, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at daybreak. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md index 7a251deb..994c32f9 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ Joab Kills Abner # Chapter 3 -1. Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.Sons of David +1. Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. +Sons of David + 2. Sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3. his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; 4. the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; -5. and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.Abner Joins Forces with David +5. and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron. +Abner Joins Forces with David + 6. Now it was so, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner was strengthening his hold on the house of Saul. @@ -29,7 +33,9 @@ Joab Kills Abner 19. And Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin. Then Abner also went to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin. 20. So Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him. -21. Then Abner said to David, "I will arise and go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.Joab Murders Abner +21. Then Abner said to David, "I will arise and go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace. +Joab Murders Abner + 22. At that moment the servants of David and Joab came from a raid and brought much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. 23. When Joab and all the troops that were with him had come, they told Joab, saying, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he has gone in peace." @@ -41,7 +47,9 @@ Joab Kills Abner 28. Afterward, when David heard it, he said, "My kingdom and I are guiltless before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29. Let it rest on the head of Joab and on all his father's house; and let there never fail to be in the house of Joab one who has a discharge or is a leper, who leans on a staff or falls by the sword, or who lacks bread." -30. So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.David's Mourning for Abner +30. So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. +David's Mourning for Abner + 31. Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner." And King David followed the coffin. 32. So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. @@ -60,3 +68,4 @@ Then all the people wept over him again. 39. And I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too harsh for me. The Lord shall repay the evildoer according to his wickedness." + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md index 80e2821d..47148a52 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ Ishbosheth Is Murdered 12. So David commanded his young men, and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md index 1a6ac8f5..79821eee 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ David Reigns over All Israel 2. Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, 'You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.' " 3. Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel. 4. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. -5. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.The Conquest of Jerusalem +5. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. +The Conquest of Jerusalem 6. And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you," thinking, "David cannot come in here." 7. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David). @@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ David Reigns over All Israel 13. And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David. 14. Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15. Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, -16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.The Philistines Defeated +16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. +The Philistines Defeated 17. Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18. The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ And the Lord said to David, "Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines 25. And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md index 5f971b31..9286f972 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 23. Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md index 436d119b..9f46daa3 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ God's Covenant with David 15. But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16. And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." ' " -17. According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.David's Thanksgiving to God +17. According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. +David's Thanksgiving to God 18. Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: "Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? 19. And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord God? @@ -39,3 +40,4 @@ God's Covenant with David 29. Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever." + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md index 38664dca..6958edb7 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ David's Further Conquests 12. from Syria, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13. And David made himself a name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt. -14. He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.David's Administration +14. He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went. +David's Administration 15. So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. 16. Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; @@ -27,3 +28,4 @@ David's Further Conquests 18. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md index ad8286a1..f92a54ed 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ And he answered, "Here is your servant!" 13. So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md index f5ea10fc..7918fcce 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. 19. And when all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the people of Ammon anymore. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md index 50cab678..d992b531 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ David, Bathsheba, and Uriah 27. And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md index 9a344d1e..24d095d0 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Nathan's Parable and David's Confession 13. So David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die." -15. Then Nathan departed to his house.The Death of David's Son +15. Then Nathan departed to his house. +The Death of David's Son And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became ill. 16. David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. 17. So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them. @@ -32,10 +33,13 @@ And they said, "He is dead." 21. Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child died, you arose and ate food." 22. And he said, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?' -23. But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."Solomon Is Born +23. But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." +Solomon Is Born + 24. Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Now the Lord loved him, -25. and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.Rabbah Is Captured +25. and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord. +Rabbah Is Captured 26. Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27. And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city's water supply. @@ -45,3 +49,4 @@ And they said, "He is dead." 31. And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over to the brick works. So he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md index b284dce4..2bc95048 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ But he would not listen to her. 20. And Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this thing to heart." So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. 21. But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. -22. And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.Absalom Murders Amnon +22. And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. +Absalom Murders Amnon + 23. And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; so Absalom invited all the king's sons. 24. Then Absalom came to the king and said, "Kindly note, your servant has sheepshearers; please, let the king and his servants go with your servant." @@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?" 30. And it came to pass, while they were on the way, that news came to David, saying, "Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and not one of them is left!" 31. So the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn. 32. Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered and said, "Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king's sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. -33. Now therefore, let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead. For only Amnon is dead."Absalom Flees to Geshur +33. Now therefore, let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead. For only Amnon is dead." +Absalom Flees to Geshur + 34. Then Absalom fled. And the young man who was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked, and there, many people were coming from the road on the hillside behind him. 35. And Jonadab said to the king, "Look, the king's sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is." @@ -59,3 +63,4 @@ And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?" 39. And King David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md index dae9d865..5231527b 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Absalom Returns to Jerusalem 2. And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead. 3. Go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth. -4. And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, "Help, O king!" +4. And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, " +Help, O king!" 5. Then the king said to her, "What troubles you?" And she answered, "Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead. @@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ And the woman said, "Please, let my lord the king speak." 22. Then Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and thanked the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant." 23. So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. -24. And the king said, "Let him return to his own house, but do not let him see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, but did not see the king's face.David Forgives Absalom +24. And the king said, "Let him return to his own house, but do not let him see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, but did not see the king's face. +David Forgives Absalom + 25. Now in all Israel there was no one who was praised as much as Absalom for his good looks. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 26. And when he cut the hair of his head--at the end of every year he cut it because it was heavy on him--when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels according to the king's standard. @@ -57,3 +60,4 @@ And the woman said, "Please, let my lord the king speak." 33. So Joab went to the king and told him. And when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md index 679c7e7f..4d8a674f 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Absalom's Treason 10. Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom reigns in Hebron!' " 11. And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, and they went along innocently and did not know anything. -12. Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city--from Giloh--while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.David Escapes from Jerusalem +12. Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city--from Giloh--while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number. +David Escapes from Jerusalem + 13. Now a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom." @@ -53,3 +55,4 @@ Absalom's Treason 37. So Hushai, David's friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md index 33fee8e7..6c2deb95 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ So Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread an And Ziba said to the king, "Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.' " 4. So the king said to Ziba, "Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours." -And Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!"Shimei Curses David +And Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!" +Shimei Curses David + 5. Now when King David came to Bahurim, there was a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei the son of Gera, coming from there. He came out, cursing continuously as he came. 6. And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David. And all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. @@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ And Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my 11. And David said to Abishai and all his servants, "See how my son who came from my own body seeks my life. How much more now may this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for so the Lord has ordered him. 12. It may be that the Lord will look on my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing this day." 13. And as David and his men went along the road, Shimei went along the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him and kicked up dust. -14. Now the king and all the people who were with him became weary; so they refreshed themselves there.The Advice of Ahithophel +14. Now the king and all the people who were with him became weary; so they refreshed themselves there. +The Advice of Ahithophel + 15. Meanwhile Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him. 16. And so it was, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!" @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ And Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my 23. Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md index 7eba0732..1dd092a0 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai 1. Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2. I will come upon him while he is weary and weak, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king. 3. Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace." -4. And the saying pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.The Advice of Hushai +4. And the saying pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel. +The Advice of Hushai + 5. Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says too." 6. And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken in this manner. Shall we do as he says? If not, speak up." @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai 12. So we will come upon him in some place where he may be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground. And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 13. Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we will pull it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there." -14. So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel." For the Lord had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring disaster on Absalom.Hushai Warns David to Escape +14. So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel." For the Lord had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring disaster on Absalom. +Hushai Warns David to Escape + 15. Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised. 16. Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, 'Do not spend this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.' " @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 29. honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness." + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md index 9800de72..9c925bf3 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Absalom's Defeat and Death 16. So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people. 17. And they took Absalom and cast him into a large pit in the woods, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent. -18. Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a pillar for himself, which is in the King's Valley. For he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called Absalom's Monument.David Hears of Absalom's Death +18. Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a pillar for himself, which is in the King's Valley. For he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called Absalom's Monument. +David Hears of Absalom's Death + 19. Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run now and take the news to the king, how the Lord has avenged him of his enemies." @@ -59,8 +61,11 @@ Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant and me your servant, I saw 31. Just then the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, "There is good news, my lord the king! For the Lord has avenged you this day of all those who rose against you." 32. And the king said to the Cushite, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" -So the Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do harm, be like that young man!"David's Mourning for Absalom +So the Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do harm, be like that young man!" +David's Mourning for Absalom + 33. Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: "O my son Absalom--my son, my son Absalom--if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!" + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md index bc94b5c9..346a04bf 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ David Returns to Jerusalem 6. in that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, then it would have pleased you well. 7. Now therefore, arise, go out and speak comfort to your servants. For I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now." 8. Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, "There is the king, sitting in the gate." So all the people came before the king. -For everyone of Israel had fled to his tent.David Returns to Jerusalem +For everyone of Israel had fled to his tent. +David Returns to Jerusalem + 9. Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom. 10. But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?" @@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ For everyone of Israel had fled to his tent.David Returns to Jerusalem 15. Then the king returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to escort the king across the Jordan. 16. And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17. There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king. -18. Then a ferryboat went across to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good.David's Mercy to Shimei +18. Then a ferryboat went across to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. +David's Mercy to Shimei Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jordan. 19. Then he said to the king, "Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart. 20. For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore here I am, the first to come today of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king." @@ -31,7 +34,9 @@ Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jor 21. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?" 22. And David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?" -23. Therefore the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king swore to him.David and Mephibosheth Meet +23. Therefore the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king swore to him. +David and Mephibosheth Meet + 24. Now Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace. 25. So it was, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?" @@ -42,7 +47,9 @@ Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jor 29. So the king said to him, "Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, 'You and Ziba divide the land.' " -30. Then Mephibosheth said to the king, "Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house."David's Kindness to Barzillai +30. Then Mephibosheth said to the king, "Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house." +David's Kindness to Barzillai + 31. And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and went across the Jordan with the king, to escort him across the Jordan. 32. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man. @@ -54,7 +61,10 @@ Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jor 37. Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you." 38. And the king answered, "Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what seems good to you. Now whatever you request of me, I will do for you." -39. Then all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.The Quarrel About the King +39. Then all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place. +The Quarrel +About the King + 40. Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. And all the people of Judah escorted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41. Just then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, "Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all David's men with him across the Jordan?" @@ -65,3 +75,4 @@ Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jor Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md index b88f9730..00c11e5c 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ And he answered, "I am listening." 20. And Joab answered and said, "Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy! 21. That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city." So the woman said to Joab, "Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall." -22. Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.David's Government Officers +22. Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem. +David's Government Officers + 23. And Joab was over all the army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; 24. Adoram was in charge of revenue; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ So the woman said to Joab, "Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall. 26. and Ira the Jairite was a chief minister under David. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md index c71d3d83..fa51a392 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ And the king said, "I will give them." 11. And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12. Then David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa. 13. So he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged. -14. They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded the prayer for the land.Philistine Giants Destroyed +14. They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded the prayer for the land. +Philistine Giants Destroyed 15. When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. 16. Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. @@ -37,3 +38,4 @@ And the king said, "I will give them." 22. These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md index 3699674d..e3fc4f69 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Praise for God's Deliverance # Chapter 22 1. Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2. And he said: -"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; +" +The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; 3. The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, @@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 13. From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled. -14. "The Lord thundered from heaven, +14. " +The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice. 15. He sent out arrows and scattered them; @@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ But the Lord was my support. 20. He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. -21. "The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; +21. " +The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. @@ -151,7 +154,8 @@ As soon as they hear, they obey me. 46. The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts. -47. "The Lord lives! +47. " +The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation! @@ -171,3 +175,4 @@ And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore." + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md index 7c33f5cc..8a586a2b 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ These things were done by the three mighty men. 39. and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all. + diff --git a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md index 598f1bcb..66f8e217 100644 --- a/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ David's Census of Israel and Judah 6. Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon; 7. and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba. 8. So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. -9. Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.The Judgment on David's Sin +9. Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. +The Judgment on David's Sin 10. And David's heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly." @@ -42,3 +43,4 @@ And Araunah said to the king, "May the Lord your God accept you." 25. And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord heeded the prayers for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md index b4c5e595..1a1f437e 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ Adonijah Presumes to Be King 53. So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house." + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md index cb030bd7..91db5eb1 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ David's Instructions to Solomon 10. So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David. 11. The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. -12. Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established.Solomon Executes Adonijah +12. Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established. +Solomon Executes Adonijah + 13. Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So she said, "Do you come peaceably?" And he said, "Peaceably." @@ -41,7 +43,9 @@ And the king said to her, "Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you." 23. Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, "May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life! 24. Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a house for me, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today!" -25. So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died.Abiathar Exiled, Joab Executed +25. So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died. +Abiathar Exiled, Joab Executed + 26. And to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted." 27. So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh. @@ -56,7 +60,9 @@ And he said, "No, but I will die here." And Benaiah brought back word to the kin 33. Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever. But upon David and his descendants, upon his house and his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord." 34. So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. -35. The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.Shimei Executed +35. The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. +Shimei Executed + 36. Then the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there anywhere. 37. For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross the Brook Kidron, know for certain you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head." @@ -74,3 +80,4 @@ And he said, "No, but I will die here." And Benaiah brought back word to the kin 46. So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md index 74fa5d09..7e259ed9 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Solomon Requests Wisdom 13. And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days. 14. So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days." -15. Then Solomon awoke; and indeed it had been a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.Solomon's Wise Judgment +15. Then Solomon awoke; and indeed it had been a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants. +Solomon's Wise Judgment + 16. Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him. 17. And one woman said, "O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ But the other said, "Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him." 28. And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md index 3b398b91..0b5c7252 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Solomon's Administration 16. Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth; 17. Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18. Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin; -19. Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only governor who was in the land.Prosperity and Wisdom of Solomon's Reign +19. Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only governor who was in the land. +Prosperity and Wisdom of Solomon's Reign + 20. Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing. 21. So Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ Solomon's Administration 34. And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md index e62ecbc6..a54d6972 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ I have considered the message which you sent me, and I will do all you desire co 18. So Solomon's builders, Hiram's builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md index 83b10529..d45dbcfd 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ Solomon Builds the Temple 38. And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md index ff50b332..7e12ee13 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md @@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ Solomon's Other Buildings 9. All these were of costly stones cut to size, trimmed with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the eaves, and also on the outside to the great court. 10. The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits. 11. And above were costly stones, hewn to size, and cedar wood. -12. The great court was enclosed with three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the temple.Hiram the Craftsman +12. The great court was enclosed with three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the temple. +Hiram the Craftsman + 13. Now King Solomon sent and brought Huram from Tyre. -14. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.The Bronze Pillars for the Temple +14. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work. +The Bronze Pillars for the Temple 15. And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each. 16. Then he made two capitals of cast bronze, to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. @@ -31,13 +34,17 @@ Solomon's Other Buildings 20. The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around. 21. Then he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz. -22. The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.The Sea and the Oxen +22. The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished. +The Sea and the Oxen + 23. And he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 24. Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast. 25. It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. -26. It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained two thousand baths.The Carts and the Lavers +26. It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained two thousand baths. +The Carts and the Lavers + 27. He also made ten carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height. 28. And this was the design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels were between frames; @@ -52,7 +59,8 @@ Solomon's Other Buildings 37. Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of the same mold, one measure, and one shape. 38. Then he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained forty baths, and each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver. -39. And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.Furnishings of the Temple +39. And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast. +Furnishings of the Temple 40. Huram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the Lord: 41. the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars; @@ -71,3 +79,4 @@ All these articles which Huram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord w 51. So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and the furnishings. He put them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md index fd102f4f..93b6b66d 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md @@ -87,3 +87,4 @@ And a place for You to dwell in forever."Solomon's Speech at Completion of the W 66. On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the good that the Lord had done for His servant David, and for Israel His people. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md index 2fddbb9c..0cd0fbf5 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md @@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ God's Second Appearance to Solomon 6. But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7. then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8. And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, 'Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?' -9. Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this calamity on them.' "Solomon and Hiram Exchange Gifts +9. Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this calamity on them.' " +Solomon and Hiram Exchange Gifts + 10. Now it happened at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house 11. (Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12. Then Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, but they did not please him. 13. So he said, "What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?" And he called them the land of Cabul, as they are to this day. -14. Then Hiram sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.Solomon's Additional Achievements +14. Then Hiram sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold. +Solomon's Additional Achievements 15. And this is the reason for the labor force which King Solomon raised: to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. 16. (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.) @@ -38,3 +41,4 @@ God's Second Appearance to Solomon 28. And they went to Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md index e5dd9c02..b1642296 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Queen of Sheba's Praise of Solomon 11. Also, the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought great quantities of almug wood and precious stones from Ophir. 12. And the king made steps of the almug wood for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers. There never again came such almug wood, nor has the like been seen to this day. -13. Now King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the royal generosity. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.Solomon's Great Wealth +13. Now King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the royal generosity. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. +Solomon's Great Wealth + 14. The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 15. besides that from the traveling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country. @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ The Queen of Sheba's Praise of Solomon 29. Now a chariot that was imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md index 765fb0f0..3239ff37 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Solomon's Heart Turns from the Lord 10. and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord had commanded. 11. Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. 12. Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. -13. However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."Adversaries of Solomon +13. However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen." +Adversaries of Solomon + 14. Now the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was a descendant of the king in Edom. 15. For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ So he answered, "Nothing, but do let me go anyway." 23. And God raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who had fled from his lord, Hadadezer king of Zobah. 24. So he gathered men to him and became captain over a band of raiders, when David killed those of Zobah. And they went to Damascus and dwelt there, and reigned in Damascus. -25. He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon (besides the trouble that Hadad caused); and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.Jeroboam's Rebellion +25. He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon (besides the trouble that Hadad caused); and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. +Jeroboam's Rebellion + 26. Then Solomon's servant, Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zereda, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. @@ -50,10 +54,12 @@ So he answered, "Nothing, but do let me go anyway." 38. Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you. 39. And I will afflict the descendants of David because of this, but not forever.' " -40. Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.Death of Solomon +40. Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. +Death of Solomon 41. Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42. And the period that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43. Then Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md index bf068c07..b828b756 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ So Israel departed to their tents. 21. And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22. But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23. "Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, -24. 'Thus says the Lord: "You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me." ' " Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord.Jeroboam's Gold Calves +24. 'Thus says the Lord: "You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me." ' " Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord. +Jeroboam's Gold Calves + 25. Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel. 26. And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: @@ -54,3 +56,4 @@ So Israel departed to their tents. 33. So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md index 30e73544..aac77acc 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored to him, a 8. But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place. 9. For so it was commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, 'You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came.' " -10. So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.Death of the Man of God +10. So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel. +Death of the Man of God + 11. Now an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. 12. And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" For his sons had seen which way the man of God went who came from Judah. @@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ And he said, "I am." 34. And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to exterminate and destroy it from the face of the earth. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md index dc3e0c8c..9d672d7d 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md @@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ Judgment on the House of Jeroboam 16. And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin." 17. Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. -18. And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet.Death of Jeroboam +18. And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet. +Death of Jeroboam + 19. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -20. The period that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then Nadab his son reigned in his place.Rehoboam Reigns in Judah +20. The period that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then Nadab his son reigned in his place. +Rehoboam Reigns in Judah 21. And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. 22. Now Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. @@ -42,3 +45,4 @@ Judgment on the House of Jeroboam 31. So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. Then Abijam his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md index 1e653c8f..0f85405b 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Abijam Reigns in Judah 6. And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7. Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. -8. So Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place.Asa Reigns in Judah +8. So Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. +Asa Reigns in Judah 9. In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. 10. And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom. @@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ Abijam Reigns in Judah 22. Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23. The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. -24. So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.Nadab Reigns in Israel +24. So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place. +Nadab Reigns in Israel + 25. Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin. @@ -41,9 +44,12 @@ Abijam Reigns in Judah 30. because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger. 31. Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -32. And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.Baasha Reigns in Israel +32. And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. +Baasha Reigns in Israel + 33. In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. 34. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md index 74295bf4..c7455fd4 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab 5. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6. So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place. -7. And also the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them.Elah Reigns in Israel +7. And also the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them. +Elah Reigns in Israel + 8. In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and reigned two years in Tirzah. 9. Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah. @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab 12. Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 13. for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols. -14. Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?Zimri Reigns in Israel +14. Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? +Zimri Reigns in Israel + 15. In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16. Now the people who were encamped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king." So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. @@ -27,7 +31,9 @@ The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab 18. And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house down upon himself with fire, and died, 19. because of the sins which he had committed in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin. -20. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the treason he committed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?Omri Reigns in Israel +20. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the treason he committed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? +Omri Reigns in Israel + 21. Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. 22. But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned. @@ -38,7 +44,9 @@ The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab 27. Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -28. So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.Ahab Reigns in Israel +28. So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place. +Ahab Reigns in Israel + 29. In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30. Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him. @@ -48,3 +56,4 @@ The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab 34. In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md index 0b756aea..99a93853 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Elijah Proclaims a Drought 5. So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. 6. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. -7. And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.Elijah and the Widow +7. And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. +Elijah and the Widow + 8. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 9. "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ Elijah Proclaims a Drought 14. For thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.' " 15. So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. -16. The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah.Elijah Revives the Widow's Son +16. The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah. +Elijah Revives the Widow's Son + 17. Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him. 18. So she said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?" @@ -37,3 +41,4 @@ Elijah Proclaims a Drought 24. Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth." + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md index 448acd5e..31ae6597 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Elijah's Message to Ahab 17. Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of Israel?" 18. And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals. -19. Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."Elijah's Mount Carmel Victory +19. Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table." +Elijah's Mount Carmel Victory + 20. So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel. 21. And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word. @@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ So all the people answered and said, "It is well spoken." 38. Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!" -40. And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!" So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.The Drought Ends +40. And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!" So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there. +The Drought Ends + 41. Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain." 42. So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, @@ -70,3 +74,4 @@ So he went up and looked, and said, "There is nothing." And seven times he said, 46. Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md index bf326da7..48502581 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Elijah Escapes from Jezebel 9. And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" -10. So he said, "I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life."God's Revelation to Elijah +10. So he said, "I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life." +God's Revelation to Elijah + 11. Then He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord." And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12. and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ Elijah Escapes from Jezebel 15. Then the Lord said to him: "Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 16. Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. 17. It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill. -18. Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."Elisha Follows Elijah +18. Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him." +Elisha Follows Elijah + 19. So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. 20. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." @@ -35,3 +39,4 @@ And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?" 21. So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md index 8ad5ca3c..550fc90e 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ And he answered, "You." 20. And each one killed his man; so the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the cavalry. 21. Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter. -22. And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, for in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you."The Syrians Again Defeated +22. And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, for in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you." +The Syrians Again Defeated + 23. Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, "Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they. 24. So do this thing: Dismiss the kings, each from his position, and put captains in their places; @@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ And he listened to their voice and did so. 28. Then a man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, "Thus says the Lord: 'Because the Syrians have said, "The Lord is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys," therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.' " 29. And they encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day. 30. But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. -And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.Ahab's Treaty with Ben-Hadad +And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber. +Ahab's Treaty with Ben-Hadad + 31. Then his servants said to him, "Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life." 32. So they wore sackcloth around their waists and put ropes around their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-Hadad says, 'Please let me live.' " @@ -63,7 +67,9 @@ And he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother." So he said, "Go, bring him." Then Ben-Hadad came out to him; and he had him come up into the chariot. 34. So Ben-Hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." -Then Ahab said, "I will send you away with this treaty." So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.Ahab Condemned +Then Ahab said, "I will send you away with this treaty." So he made a treaty with him and sent him away. +Ahab Condemned + 35. Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the Lord, "Strike me, please." And the man refused to strike him. 36. Then he said to him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, surely, as soon as you depart from me, a lion shall kill you." And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him. @@ -80,3 +86,4 @@ Then the king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself ha 43. So the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria. + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md index 16f06101..dabc501d 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people; 14. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead." 15. And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead." -16. So it was, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.The Lord Condemns Ahab +16. So it was, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. +The Lord Condemns Ahab + 17. Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18. "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who lives in Samaria. There he is, in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it. @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in 29. "See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house." + diff --git a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md index 181dd612..e04b0d26 100644 --- a/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ And he answered him, "Go and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand 38. Then someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood while the harlots bathed, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken. 39. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, the ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -40. So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah +40. So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. +Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah 41. Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. @@ -80,10 +81,13 @@ And he answered him, "Go and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand 48. Jehoshaphat made merchant ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber. 49. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat would not. -50. And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.Ahaziah Reigns in Israel +50. And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place. +Ahaziah Reigns in Israel + 51. Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 52. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin; 53. for he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md index b1bb0aa6..31895f9f 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ And he answered and said to him: "Man of God, thus has the king said, 'Come down 18. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md index 82a4a7a3..daa63869 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." And he said, "You shall not send anyone." 17. But when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, "Send them!" Therefore they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find him. -18. And when they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho, he said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not go'?"Elisha Performs Miracles +18. And when they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho, he said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not go'?" +Elisha Performs Miracles + 19. Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren." @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ And he said, "You shall not send anyone." 25. Then he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md index 6e8747fe..9da18f83 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the Lord came upon 27. Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall; and there was great indignation against Israel. So they departed from him and returned to their own land. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md index 44cd8254..de78771d 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ She answered, "I dwell among my own people." And Gehazi answered, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old." 15. So he said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. -16. Then he said, "About this time next year you shall embrace a son." +16. Then he said, " +About this time next year you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!" 17. But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her. @@ -59,13 +60,16 @@ And she answered, "It is well." 34. And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and he stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became warm. 35. He returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up and stretched himself out on him; then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36. And he called Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite woman." So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, "Pick up your son." -37. So she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.Elisha Purifies the Pot of Stew +37. So she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out. +Elisha Purifies the Pot of Stew + 38. And Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. Now the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, "Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets." 39. So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were. 40. Then they served it to the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, "Man of God, there is death in the pot!" And they could not eat it. -41. So he said, "Then bring some flour." And he put it into the pot, and said, "Serve it to the people, that they may eat." And there was nothing harmful in the pot.Elisha Feeds One Hundred Men +41. So he said, "Then bring some flour." And he put it into the pot, and said, "Serve it to the people, that they may eat." And there was nothing harmful in the pot. +Elisha Feeds One Hundred Men 42. Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, "Give it to the people, that they may eat." @@ -74,3 +78,4 @@ He said again, "Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the Lord 44. So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md index d14c7996..6eb34fff 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Now be advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman my servan 17. So Naaman said, "Then, if not, please let your servant be given two mule-loads of earth; for your servant will no longer offer either burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to the Lord. 18. Yet in this thing may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon--when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord please pardon your servant in this thing." -19. Then he said to him, "Go in peace." So he departed from him a short distance.Gehazi's Greed +19. Then he said to him, "Go in peace." So he departed from him a short distance. +Gehazi's Greed + 20. But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Look, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, while not receiving from his hands what he brought; but as the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him." 21. So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, "Is all well?" @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ And he said, "Your servant did not go anywhere." 27. Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever." And he went out from his presence leprous, as white as snow. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md index 1a80566a..70e0f63e 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ And he answered, "I will go." 5. But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, master! For it was borrowed." 6. So the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float. -7. Therefore he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.The Blinded Syrians Captured +7. Therefore he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it. +The Blinded Syrians Captured + 8. Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, "My camp will be in such and such a place." 9. And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there." @@ -38,12 +40,15 @@ And it was told him, saying, "Surely he is in Dothan." 21. Now when the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?" 22. But he answered, "You shall not kill them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master." -23. Then he prepared a great feast for them; and after they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel.Syria Besieges Samaria in Famine +23. Then he prepared a great feast for them; and after they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel. +Syria Besieges Samaria in Famine + 24. And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25. And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver. -26. Then, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!" +26. Then, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, " +Help, my lord, O king!" 27. And he said, "If the Lord does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?" 28. Then the king said to her, "What is troubling you?" @@ -57,3 +62,4 @@ And she answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him to 33. And while he was still talking with them, there was the messenger, coming down to him; and then the king said, "Surely this calamity is from the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?" + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md index 0e1dbbb2..c4afb811 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Syrians Flee 1. Then Elisha said, "Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: 'Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.' " 2. So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, "Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" -And he said, "In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it."The Syrians Flee +And he said, "In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it." +The Syrians Flee + 3. Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die? 4. If we say, 'We will enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die." @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ And he had said, "In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not ea 20. And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md index 5d62712e..bc418704 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The King Restores the Shunammite's Land 4. Then the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done." 5. Now it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had restored to life, appealing to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life." 6. And when the king asked the woman, she told him. -So the king appointed a certain officer for her, saying, "Restore all that was hers, and all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the land until now."Death of Ben-Hadad +So the king appointed a certain officer for her, saying, "Restore all that was hers, and all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the land until now." +Death of Ben-Hadad + 7. Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here." 8. And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?' " @@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel And Elisha answered, "The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria." 14. Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me you would surely recover." -15. But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.Jehoram Reigns in Judah +15. But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place. +Jehoram Reigns in Judah 16. Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah. 17. He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. @@ -35,7 +38,8 @@ And Elisha answered, "The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria 22. Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time. 23. Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -24. So Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.Ahaziah Reigns in Judah +24. So Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. +Ahaziah Reigns in Judah 25. In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. 26. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel. @@ -45,3 +49,4 @@ And Elisha answered, "The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria 29. Then King Joram went back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md index d6e93312..ea73fd62 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ And he said to them, "You know the man and his babble." 12. And they said, "A lie! Tell us now." So he said, "Thus and thus he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the Lord: "I have anointed you king over Israel." ' " -13. Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, "Jehu is king!"Joram of Israel Killed +13. Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, "Jehu is king!" +Joram of Israel Killed + 14. So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had been defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Syria. 15. But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, "If you are so minded, let no one leave or escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel." @@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ So he answered, "What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel an 27. But when Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled by the road to Beth Haggan. So Jehu pursued him, and said, "Shoot him also in the chariot." And they shot him at the Ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. Then he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28. And his servants carried him in the chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the City of David. -29. In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.Jezebel's Violent Death +29. In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah. +Jezebel's Violent Death + 30. Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window. 31. Then, as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, "Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?" @@ -63,3 +67,4 @@ So he answered, "What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel an 37. and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as refuse on the surface of the field, in the plot at Jezreel, so that they shall not say, "Here lies Jezebel." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md index 854561c7..45c60761 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md @@ -18,19 +18,25 @@ And he said, "Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning." 9. So it was, in the morning, that he went out and stood, and said to all the people, "You are righteous. Indeed I conspired against my master and killed him; but who killed all these? 10. Know now that nothing shall fall to the earth of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the Lord has done what He spoke by His servant Elijah." -11. So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close acquaintances and his priests, until he left him none remaining.Ahaziah's Forty-two Brothers Killed +11. So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close acquaintances and his priests, until he left him none remaining. +Ahaziah's Forty-two Brothers Killed + 12. And he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way, at Beth Eked of the Shepherds, 13. Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, "Who are you?" So they answered, "We are the brothers of Ahaziah; we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother." -14. And he said, "Take them alive!" So they took them alive, and killed them at the well of Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.The Rest of Ahab's Family Killed +14. And he said, "Take them alive!" So they took them alive, and killed them at the well of Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. +The Rest of Ahab's Family Killed + 15. Now when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is toward your heart?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16. Then he said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord." So they had him ride in his chariot. -17. And when he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke to Elijah.Worshipers of Baal Killed +17. And when he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke to Elijah. +Worshipers of Baal Killed + 18. Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much. 19. Now therefore, call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. Let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live." But Jehu acted deceptively, with the intent of destroying the worshipers of Baal. @@ -47,7 +53,9 @@ Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand, and he took h 29. However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan. 30. And the Lord said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in doing what is right in My sight, and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." -31. But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart; for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin.Death of Jehu +31. But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart; for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin. +Death of Jehu + 32. In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel; and Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel 33. from the Jordan eastward: all the land of Gilead--Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh--from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, including Gilead and Bashan. @@ -57,3 +65,4 @@ Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand, and he took h 36. And the period that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md index 17005d11..6c70e125 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Athaliah Reigns in Judah # Chapter 11 1. When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs. 2. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed. -3. So he was hidden with her in the house of the Lord for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.Joash Crowned King of Judah +3. So he was hidden with her in the house of the Lord for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land. +Joash Crowned King of Judah 4. In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds--of the bodyguards and the escorts--and brought them into the house of the Lord to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king's son. 5. Then he commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall do: One-third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall be keeping watch over the king's house, @@ -29,3 +30,4 @@ Athaliah Reigns in Judah 21. Jehoash was seven years old when he became king. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md index 5e2efae2..911ad8e4 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md @@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ Jehoash Repairs the Temple 13. However there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the Lord. 14. But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the Lord with it. 15. Moreover they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully. -16. The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. It belonged to the priests.Hazael Threatens Jerusalem +16. The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. It belonged to the priests. +Hazael Threatens Jerusalem + 17. Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. -18. And Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.Death of Joash +18. And Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem. +Death of Joash 19. Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? @@ -30,3 +33,4 @@ Jehoash Repairs the Temple 21. For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md index 7963227c..cac88a48 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md @@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel 7. For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. 8. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -9. So Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Joash his son reigned in his place.Jehoash Reigns in Israel +9. So Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Joash his son reigned in his place. +Jehoash Reigns in Israel + 10. In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 11. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, but walked in them. 12. Now the rest of the acts of Joash, all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -13. So Joash rested with his fathers. Then Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.Death of Elisha +13. So Joash rested with his fathers. Then Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. +Death of Elisha + 14. Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, "O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!" @@ -28,7 +32,9 @@ Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel 19. And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times." 20. Then Elisha died, and they buried him. And the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. -21. So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.Israel Recaptures Cities from Syria +21. So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet. +Israel Recaptures Cities from Syria + 22. And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23. But the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence. @@ -37,3 +43,4 @@ Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel 25. And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz recaptured from the hand of Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times Joash defeated him and recaptured the cities of Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md index ad2f7fcf..0cd9b30f 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Amaziah Reigns in Judah 20. Then they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David. 21. And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. -22. He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel +22. He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers. +Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel + 23. In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. 24. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ Amaziah Reigns in Judah 29. So Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Then Zechariah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md index db1de1c5..579a7d6c 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Azariah Reigns in Judah 5. Then the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death; so he dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king's son was over the royal house, judging the people of the land. 6. Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -7. So Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.Zechariah Reigns in Israel +7. So Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his place. +Zechariah Reigns in Israel + 8. In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. 9. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. @@ -16,13 +18,17 @@ Azariah Reigns in Judah 11. Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -12. This was the word of the Lord which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so it was.Shallum Reigns in Israel +12. This was the word of the Lord which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so it was. +Shallum Reigns in Israel + 13. Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. 14. For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place. 15. Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the conspiracy which he led, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -16. Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory. Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it. All the women there who were with child he ripped open.Menahem Reigns in Israel +16. Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory. Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it. All the women there who were with child he ripped open. +Menahem Reigns in Israel + 17. In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. @@ -30,20 +36,25 @@ Azariah Reigns in Judah 20. And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land. 21. Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -22. So Menahem rested with his fathers. Then Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.Pekahiah Reigns in Israel +22. So Menahem rested with his fathers. Then Pekahiah his son reigned in his place. +Pekahiah Reigns in Israel + 23. In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. 25. Then Pekah the son of Remaliah, an officer of his, conspired against him and killed him in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house, along with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of Gilead. He killed him and reigned in his place. -26. Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.Pekah Reigns in Israel +26. Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. +Pekah Reigns in Israel + 27. In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. 29. In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. 30. Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. -31. Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.Jotham Reigns in Judah +31. Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. +Jotham Reigns in Judah 32. In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign. 33. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. @@ -55,3 +66,4 @@ Azariah Reigns in Judah 38. So Jotham rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md index de6b3a41..3b6ca625 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 20. So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md index 8e232e76..19db9b92 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Hoshea Reigns in Israel 1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. 2. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 3. Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money. -4. And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.Israel Carried Captive to Assyria +4. And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. +Israel Carried Captive to Assyria 5. Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years. 6. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. @@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ Hoshea Reigns in Israel 20. And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight. 21. For He tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord, and made them commit a great sin. 22. For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them, -23. until the Lord removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day.Assyria Resettles Samaria +23. until the Lord removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day. +Assyria Resettles Samaria + 24. Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities. 25. And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them. @@ -51,3 +54,4 @@ Hoshea Reigns in Israel 41. So these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md index d886850b..1ceaeb0d 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 13. And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14. Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay." And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15. So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house. -16. At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord +16. At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. +Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord 17. Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field. 18. And when they had called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them. @@ -48,3 +49,4 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 37. Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md index 7c408d71..40de8e7a 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.' "Sennacherib's Defeat and Deat 37. Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md index a9885f7f..3c6ea23d 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Hezekiah's Life Extended 10. And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees." -11. So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.The Babylonian Envoys +11. So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. +The Babylonian Envoys 12. At that time Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13. And Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures--the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory--all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. @@ -39,3 +40,4 @@ So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing 21. So Hezekiah rested with his fathers. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md index 8da2a6c1..1cfda962 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 16. Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord. 17. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh--all that he did, and the sin that he committed--are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -18. So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.Amon's Reign and Death +18. So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place. +Amon's Reign and Death 19. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. @@ -35,3 +36,4 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 26. And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then Josiah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md index 83735084..2d702909 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah # Chapter 22 1. Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. -2. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law +2. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. +Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law 3. Now it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the Lord, saying: 4. "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. @@ -27,3 +28,4 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 20. "Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place." ' " So they brought back word to the king. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md index aa9979d9..a2c47ea3 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md @@ -32,22 +32,27 @@ So the men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God who came from 22. Such a Passover surely had never been held since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah. 23. But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was held before the Lord in Jerusalem. 24. Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. -25. Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him.Impending Judgment on Judah +25. Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him. +Impending Judgment on Judah + 26. Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. 27. And the Lord said, "I will also remove Judah from My sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, 'My name shall be there.' "Josiah Dies in Battle 28. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29. In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he confronted him. -30. Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz +30. Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father's place. +The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz 31. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 33. Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -34. Then Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah +34. Then Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there. +Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah 35. So Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho. 36. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md index 81c3ac68..1b47d6b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md @@ -9,19 +9,23 @@ Judah Overrun by Enemies 5. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 6. So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. -7. And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin +7. And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates. +The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin 8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it. -12. Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.The Captivity of Jerusalem +12. Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner. +The Captivity of Jerusalem + 13. And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said. 14. Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land. 15. And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. -16. All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.Zedekiah Reigns in Judah +16. All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. +Zedekiah Reigns in Judah 17. Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ Judah Overrun by Enemies 20. For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. + diff --git a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md index e3d89f5d..ef2f1d45 100644 --- a/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md @@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ The Fall and Captivity of Judah 18. And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 19. He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, five men of the king's close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20. So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -21. Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah +21. Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land. +Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah 22. Then he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left. 23. Now when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah--Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24. And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, and said to them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you." 25. But it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. -26. And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.Jehoiachin Released from Prison +26. And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. +Jehoiachin Released from Prison 27. Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 28. He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ The Fall and Captivity of Judah 30. And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md index 5037e6cf..a5e9215e 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md @@ -32,25 +32,30 @@ The Family of Adam--Seth to Abraham 25. Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26. Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27. and Abram, who is Abraham. -28. The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.The Family of Ishmael +28. The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. +The Family of Ishmael 29. These are their genealogies: The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30. Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, -31. Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.The Family of Keturah +31. Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael. +The Family of Keturah 32. Now the sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan. -33. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.The Family of Isaac +33. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. +The Family of Isaac 34. And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel. 35. The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. 36. And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek. -37. The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.The Family of Seir +37. The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. +The Family of Seir 38. The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39. And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam; Lotan's sister was Timna. 40. The sons of Shobal were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon were Ajah and Anah. 41. The son of Anah was Dishon. The sons of Dishon were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. -42. The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.The Kings of Edom +42. The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran. +The Kings of Edom 43. Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44. And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. @@ -66,3 +71,4 @@ The Family of Adam--Seth to Abraham 54. Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md index e3c3e13a..c6dac3bf 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ The Family of Israel # Chapter 2 1. These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, -2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.From Judah to David +2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. +From Judah to David 3. The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him. 4. And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. @@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ The Family of Israel 15. Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh. 16. Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel--three. -17. Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.The Family of Hezron +17. Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. +The Family of Hezron + 18. Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19. When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur. @@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ The Family of Israel 21. Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. 22. Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23. (Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns--sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. -24. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.The Family of Jerahmeel +24. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. +The Family of Jerahmeel + 25. The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. @@ -52,7 +57,9 @@ The Family of Israel 38. Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; 39. Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; 40. Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum; -41. Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.The Family of Caleb +41. Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. +The Family of Caleb + 42. The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43. The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. @@ -76,3 +83,4 @@ The Family of Israel 55. And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md index 81b37580..af86cb3e 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ The Family of David 6. Also there were Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7. Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet--nine in all. -9. These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.The Family of Solomon +9. These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. +The Family of Solomon 10. Solomon's son was Rehoboam; Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11. Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, @@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ The Family of David 13. Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14. Amon his son, and Josiah his son. 15. The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum. -16. The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.The Family of Jeconiah +16. The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son. +The Family of Jeconiah + 17. And the sons of Jeconiah were Assir, Shealtiel his son, 18. and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. @@ -31,3 +34,4 @@ The Family of David 24. The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani--seven in all. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md index ba9de37c..cd6cbd17 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem. 21. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; 22. also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the records are ancient. -23. These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.The Family of Simeon +23. These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work. +The Family of Simeon 24. The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul, 25. Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. @@ -57,3 +58,4 @@ These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem. 43. And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md index a443f75e..f62ccf8c 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Family of Reuben 8. and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. 9. Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead. -10. Now in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead.The Family of Gad +10. Now in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead. +The Family of Gad + 11. And the children of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah: 12. Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan, @@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ The Family of Reuben 19. They made war with the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20. And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him. 21. Then they took away their livestock--fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys--also one hundred thousand of their men; -22. for many fell dead, because the war was God's. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.The Family of Manasseh (East) +22. for many fell dead, because the war was God's. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity. +The Family of Manasseh (East) 23. So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir, or Mount Hermon. 24. These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their fathers' houses. @@ -35,3 +38,4 @@ The Family of Reuben 26. So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md index c9f171d9..b99b854b 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ The Family of Levi 27. Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. 28. The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second. 29. The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, -30. Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.Musicians in the House of the Lord +30. Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son. +Musicians in the House of the Lord + 31. Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest. 32. They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order. @@ -53,13 +55,16 @@ The Family of Levi 46. the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47. the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. -48. And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.The Family of Aaron +48. And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. +The Family of Aaron + 49. But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50. Now these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51. Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52. Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, -53. Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.Dwelling Places of the Levites +53. Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son. +Dwelling Places of the Levites 54. Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites: 55. They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands. @@ -95,3 +100,4 @@ The Family of Levi 81. Heshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md index 72df4f25..1abe8d44 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ The Family of Issachar 3. The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. All five of them were chief men. 4. And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons. -5. Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.The Family of Benjamin +5. Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all. +The Family of Benjamin 6. The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael--three in all. 7. The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri--five in all. They were heads of their fathers' houses, and they were listed by their genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor. @@ -16,9 +17,11 @@ The Family of Issachar 10. The son of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11. All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers' houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle. -12. Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher.The Family of Naphtali +12. Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher. +The Family of Naphtali -13. The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.The Family of Manasseh (West) +13. The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. +The Family of Manasseh (West) 14. The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel. 15. Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead's grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters. @@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ The Family of Issachar 18. His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. -19. And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.The Family of Ephraim +19. And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. +The Family of Ephraim + 20. The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah his son, Tahath his son, 21. Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle. @@ -40,7 +45,8 @@ The Family of Issachar 27. Nun his son, and Joshua his son. 28. Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns; -29. and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.The Family of Asher +29. and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel. +The Family of Asher 30. The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. @@ -56,3 +62,4 @@ The Family of Issachar 40. All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers' houses, choice men, mighty men of valor, chief leaders. And they were recorded by genealogies among the army fit for battle; their number was twenty-six thousand. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md index 4cf2caf2..aa33848c 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ The Family Tree of King Saul of Benjamin 40. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor--archers. They had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all. These were all sons of Benjamin. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md index baf1fe47..78e53058 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Priests and Levites in Jerusalem # Chapter 9 1. So all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and indeed, they were inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. -2. And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.Dwellers in Jerusalem +2. And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim. +Dwellers in Jerusalem + 3. Now in Jerusalem the children of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: 4. Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the descendants of Perez, the son of Judah. @@ -10,16 +12,22 @@ Priests and Levites in Jerusalem 6. Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren--six hundred and ninety. 7. Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah; 8. Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; -9. and their brethren, according to their generations--nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of a father's house in their fathers' houses.The Priests at Jerusalem +9. and their brethren, according to their generations--nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of a father's house in their fathers' houses. +The Priests at Jerusalem + 10. Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin; 11. Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God; 12. Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; -13. and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses--one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.The Levites at Jerusalem +13. and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses--one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. +The Levites at Jerusalem + 14. Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15. Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; -16. Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.The Levite Gatekeepers +16. Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. +The Levite Gatekeepers + 17. And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the chief. 18. Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King's Gate on the east. @@ -33,7 +41,9 @@ Priests and Levites in Jerusalem 24. The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south. 25. And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days. 26. For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. -27. And they lodged all around the house of God because they had the responsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every morning.Other Levite Responsibilities +27. And they lodged all around the house of God because they had the responsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every morning. +Other Levite Responsibilities + 28. Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them out by count. 29. Some of them were appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices. @@ -43,7 +53,9 @@ Priests and Levites in Jerusalem 32. And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath. 33. These are the singers, heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night. -34. These heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites were heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at Jerusalem.The Family of King Saul +34. These heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites were heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at Jerusalem. +The Family of King Saul + 35. Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon. 36. His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, @@ -58,3 +70,4 @@ Priests and Levites in Jerusalem 44. And Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md index d90bf237..2a24e3d1 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ Tragic End of Saul and His Sons 14. But he did not inquire of the Lord; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md index 77758326..1d718422 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md @@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ David Made King over All Israel # Chapter 11 1. Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, "Indeed we are your bone and your flesh. 2. Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord your God said to you, 'You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.' " -3. Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.The City of David +3. Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. +The City of David 4. And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. 5. But the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You shall not come in here!" Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David). 6. Now David said, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief. 7. Then David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the City of David. 8. And he built the city around it, from the Millo to the surrounding area. Joab repaired the rest of the city. -9. So David went on and became great, and the Lord of hosts was with him.The Mighty Men of David +9. So David went on and became great, and the Lord of hosts was with him. +The Mighty Men of David 10. Now these were the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. @@ -58,3 +60,4 @@ David Made King over All Israel 47. Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md index f8603115..e2ff5a82 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ So David received them, and made them captains of the troop. 19. And some from Manasseh defected to David when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul; but they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away by agreement, saying, "He may defect to his master Saul and endanger our heads." 20. When he went to Ziklag, those of Manasseh who defected to him were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of the thousands who were from Manasseh. 21. And they helped David against the bands of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and they were captains in the army. -22. For at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great army, like the army of God.David's Army at Hebron +22. For at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great army, like the army of God. +David's Army at Hebron + 23. Now these were the numbers of the divisions that were equipped for war, and came to David at Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord: 24. of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred armed for war; @@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ So David received them, and made them captains of the troop. 40. Moreover those who were near to them, from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys and camels, on mules and oxen--provisions of flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly, for there was joy in Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md index d7b17e5a..93074925 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ The Ark Brought from Kirjath Jearim 14. The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md index 6283f19e..e2809c35 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ David Established at Jerusalem 4. And these are the names of his children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5. Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 6. Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, -7. Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.The Philistines Defeated +7. Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet. +The Philistines Defeated 8. Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went out against them. 9. Then the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim. @@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ The Lord said to him, "Go up, for I will deliver them into your hand." 17. Then the fame of David went out into all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md index 22ad4910..c96d1007 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 29. And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing music; and she despised him in her heart. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md index a94cd3dd..3103f85c 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ The Ark Placed in the Tabernacle 4. And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the Lord God of Israel: 5. Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; -6. Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.David's Song of Thanksgiving +6. Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God. +David's Song of Thanksgiving 7. On that day David first delivered this psalm into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, to thank the Lord: @@ -72,10 +73,12 @@ But the Lord made the heavens. 27. Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and gladness are in His place. -28. Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, +28. +Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength. -29. Give to the Lord the glory due His name; +29. +Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! @@ -102,7 +105,9 @@ To triumph in Your praise." 36. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! -And all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord.Regular Worship Maintained +And all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord. +Regular Worship Maintained + 37. So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister before the ark regularly, as every day's work required; 38. and Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren, including Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be gatekeepers; @@ -114,3 +119,4 @@ And all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord.Regular Worship Maintained 43. Then all the people departed, every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md index 6b078cbc..4218231e 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ God's Covenant with David 27. Now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You have blessed it, O Lord, and it shall be blessed forever." + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md index 55e0c538..b7a81b63 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ David's Further Conquests 11. King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations--from Edom, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12. Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. -13. He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.David's Administration +13. He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went. +David's Administration 14. So David reigned over all Israel, and administered judgment and justice to all his people. 15. Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; @@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ David's Further Conquests 17. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers at the king's side. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md index 48a726de..b89d7f74 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ The Ammonites and Syrians Defeated 19. And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants. So the Syrians were not willing to help the people of Ammon anymore. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md index 40c98640..24c4741f 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Rabbah Is Conquered # Chapter 20 1. It happened in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it. 2. Then David took their king's crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set on David's head. Also he brought out the spoil of the city in great abundance. -3. And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. So David did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.Philistine Giants Destroyed +3. And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. So David did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. +Philistine Giants Destroyed 4. Now it happened afterward that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Sippai, who was one of the sons of the giant. And they were subdued. @@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ Rabbah Is Conquered 8. These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md index 579af805..2ae7bccd 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ The Census of Israel and Judah 30. But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md index 9a2e530c..772c588a 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ David Prepares to Build the Temple 19. Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord." + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md index cea4b72e..b3664570 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ The Divisions of the Levites 32. and that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md index 640b6acc..4f9b1c42 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ The Divisions of the Priests 17. the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, 18. the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. -19. This was the schedule of their service for coming into the house of the Lord according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.Other Levites +19. This was the schedule of their service for coming into the house of the Lord according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him. +Other Levites + 20. And the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 21. Concerning Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ The Divisions of the Priests 31. These also cast lots just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites. The chief fathers did just as their younger brethren. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md index dc31d56c..5c31d887 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ The Musicians 31. the twenty-fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md index 2073e204..8c4ebf8b 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ The Gatekeepers 16. To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway--watchman opposite watchman. 17. On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the storehouse two by two. 18. As for the Parbar on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar. -19. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.The Treasuries and Other Duties +19. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari. +The Treasuries and Other Duties + 20. Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things. 21. The sons of Laadan, the descendants of the Gershonites of Laadan, heads of their fathers' houses, of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli. @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ The Gatekeepers 32. And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred able men, heads of fathers' houses, whom King David made officials over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God and the affairs of the king. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md index e7f11f31..5304474f 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Military Divisions 12. The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites; in his division were twenty-four thousand. 13. The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand. 14. The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand. -15. The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were twenty-four thousand.Leaders of Tribes +15. The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were twenty-four thousand. +Leaders of Tribes + 16. Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: the officer over the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; over the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah; 17. over the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; over the Aaronites, Zadok; @@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ The Military Divisions 22. over Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel. 23. But David did not take the number of those twenty years old and under, because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens. -24. Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this census; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David.Other State Officials +24. Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this census; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David. +Other State Officials + 25. And Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king's treasuries; and Jehonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses. 26. Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tilling the ground. @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ The Military Divisions 34. After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, then Abiathar. And the general of the king's army was Joab. + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md index fd4205a1..6e64e832 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Solomon Instructed to Build the Temple 21. Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and every willing craftsman will be with you for all manner of workmanship, for every kind of service; also the leaders and all the people will be completely at your command." + diff --git a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md index c467818a..5b754c24 100644 --- a/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Offerings for Building the Temple 6. Then the leaders of the fathers' houses, leaders of the tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king's work, offered willingly. 7. They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 8. And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, into the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. -9. Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a loyal heart they had offered willingly to the Lord; and King David also rejoiced greatly.David's Praise to God +9. Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a loyal heart they had offered willingly to the Lord; and King David also rejoiced greatly. +David's Praise to God + 10. Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly; and David said: "Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever. @@ -47,13 +49,16 @@ And without hope. 18. O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You. 19. And give my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the temple for which I have made provision." -20. Then David said to all the assembly, "Now bless the Lord your God." So all the assembly blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king.Solomon Anointed King +20. Then David said to all the assembly, "Now bless the Lord your God." So all the assembly blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king. +Solomon Anointed King 21. And they made sacrifices to the Lord and offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the next day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. 22. So they ate and drank before the Lord with great gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the Lord to be the leader, and Zadok to be priest. 23. Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 24. All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, submitted themselves to King Solomon. -25. So the Lord exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.The Close of David's Reign +25. So the Lord exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. +The Close of David's Reign + 26. Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27. And the period that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. @@ -62,3 +67,4 @@ And without hope. 30. with all his reign and his might, and the events that happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the lands. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md index 57063aea..8aac2a5c 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Solomon Requests Wisdom 17. They also acquired and imported from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty; thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md index a53fec67..949c0fc3 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, for He has given K 18. And he made seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md index 0bd3e2b4..a5147ee8 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Solomon Builds the Temple 17. Then he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md index 73a7096d..7919318f 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Furnishings of the Temple 22. the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md index 7b5fbe7a..0c15bb7e 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ The Ark Brought into the Temple # Chapter 5 -1. So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.The Ark Brought into the Temple +1. So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God. +The Ark Brought into the Temple + 2. Now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, in Jerusalem, that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the City of David, which is Zion. 3. Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, 14. so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md index 313949cc..7c21da61 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ And a place for You to dwell in forever."Solomon's Speech upon Completion of the 8. But the Lord said to my father David, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart. 9. Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.' 10. So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke, and I have filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; and I have built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel. -11. And there I have put the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord which He made with the children of Israel."Solomon's Prayer of Dedication +11. And there I have put the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord which He made with the children of Israel." +Solomon's Prayer of Dedication + 12. Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands 13. (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven); @@ -65,3 +67,4 @@ And let Your saints rejoice in goodness. Remember the mercies of Your servant David." + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md index e2b3720f..985875c7 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ For His mercy endures forever." 8. At that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt. 9. And on the eighth day they held a sacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10. On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the good that the Lord had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel. -11. Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the Lord and in his own house.God's Second Appearance to Solomon +11. Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the Lord and in his own house. +God's Second Appearance to Solomon 12. Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13. When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, @@ -33,3 +34,4 @@ For His mercy endures forever." 22. Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md index ed08cb20..2b01d005 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Solomon's Additional Achievements 18. And Hiram sent him ships by the hand of his servants, and servants who knew the sea. They went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and acquired four hundred and fifty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md index e21a3924..f52c5b72 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ The Queen of Sheba's Praise of Solomon 10. Also, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones. 11. And the king made walkways of the algum wood for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers; and there were none such as these seen before in the land of Judah. -12. Now King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.Solomon's Great Wealth +12. Now King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. +Solomon's Great Wealth 13. The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 14. besides what the traveling merchants and traders brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. @@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ The Queen of Sheba's Praise of Solomon 26. So he reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. 27. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland. -28. And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.Death of Solomon +28. And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands. +Death of Solomon 29. Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30. Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31. Then Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md index bab9dca7..189cb6f8 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ So all Israel departed to their tents. 19. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md index fef3e7cf..74944566 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Rehoboam's Reign in Judah 2. But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3. "Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, -4. 'Thus says the Lord: "You shall not go up or fight against your brethren! Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me." ' " Therefore they obeyed the words of the Lord, and turned back from attacking Jeroboam.Rehoboam Fortifies the Cities +4. 'Thus says the Lord: "You shall not go up or fight against your brethren! Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me." ' " Therefore they obeyed the words of the Lord, and turned back from attacking Jeroboam. +Rehoboam Fortifies the Cities + 5. So Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. 6. And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, @@ -14,13 +16,16 @@ Rehoboam's Reign in Judah 9. Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10. Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and Benjamin, fortified cities. 11. And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine. -12. Also in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.Priests and Levites Move to Judah +12. Also in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. +Priests and Levites Move to Judah 13. And from all their territories the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel took their stand with him. 14. For the Levites left their common-lands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests to the Lord. 15. Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made. 16. And after the Levites left, those from all the tribes of Israel, such as set their heart to seek the Lord God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers. -17. So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.The Family of Rehoboam +17. So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years. +The Family of Rehoboam + 18. Then Rehoboam took for himself as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliah the son of Jesse. 19. And she bore him children: Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham. @@ -30,3 +35,4 @@ Rehoboam's Reign in Judah 23. He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city; and he gave them provisions in abundance. He also sought many wives for them. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md index 83e62a57..d9fcc2db 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Egypt Attacks Judah 9. So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house; he took everything. He also carried away the gold shields which Solomon had made. 10. Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king's house. 11. And whenever the king entered the house of the Lord, the guard would go and bring them out; then they would take them back into the guardroom. -12. When he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and things also went well in Judah.The End of Rehoboam's Reign +12. When he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and things also went well in Judah. +The End of Rehoboam's Reign 13. Thus King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. 14. And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord. @@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ Egypt Attacks Judah 16. So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David. Then Abijah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md index 2fc42e92..abab7b33 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 22. Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the annals of the prophet Iddo. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md index 0826684e..06ce7bbd 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ Asa Reigns over Judah # Chapter 14 -1. So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.Asa Reigns in Judah +1. So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years. +Asa Reigns in Judah 2. Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, 3. for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images. @@ -21,3 +22,4 @@ Asa Reigns over Judah 15. They also attacked the livestock enclosures, and carried off sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md index fb05649b..25de2913 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ The Reforms of Asa 19. And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md index afd5316e..b38a2d5e 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md @@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ Asa's Treaty with Syria 4. So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali. 5. Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah and ceased his work. -6. Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.Hanani's Message to Asa +6. Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them he built Geba and Mizpah. +Hanani's Message to Asa + 7. And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him: "Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 8. Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the Lord, He delivered them into your hand. 9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars." -10. Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.Illness and Death of Asa +10. Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time. +Illness and Death of Asa 11. Note that the acts of Asa, first and last, are indeed written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12. And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but the physicians. @@ -21,3 +24,4 @@ Asa's Treaty with Syria 14. They buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning for him. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md index 3fc9b802..de6290ca 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah 19. These served the king, besides those the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md index 3061d1e7..ddf12fee 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md @@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ And he said, "Go and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand!" 34. The battle increased that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening; and about the time of sunset he died. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md index 74fddd89..78f97194 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Jehoshaphat's Additional Reforms # Chapter 19 1. Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned safely to his house in Jerusalem. 2. And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you. -3. Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God."The Reforms of Jehoshaphat +3. Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God." +The Reforms of Jehoshaphat + 4. So Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the mountains of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord God of their fathers. 5. Then he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, @@ -16,3 +18,4 @@ Jehoshaphat's Additional Reforms 11. And take notice: Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters; also the Levites will be officials before you. Behave courageously, and the Lord will be with the good." + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md index 1fab8baf..217344c3 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ For His mercy endures forever." 27. Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28. So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. 29. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. -30. Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign +30. Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around. +The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign 31. So Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32. And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. @@ -53,3 +54,4 @@ For His mercy endures forever." 37. But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has destroyed your works." Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md index 8c8a167e..fac03d0e 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the wa 20. He was thirty-two years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and, to no one's sorrow, departed. However they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md index e72cc1d3..2a3d73d6 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md @@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ Ahaziah Reigns in Judah 7. His going to Joram was God's occasion for Ahaziah's downfall; for when he arrived, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8. And it happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers who served Ahaziah, that he killed them. 9. Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, "because," they said, "he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart." -So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom.Athaliah Reigns in Judah +So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom. +Athaliah Reigns in Judah 10. Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. 11. But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being murdered, and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she did not kill him. 12. And he was hidden with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md index af8409e4..5a3625fd 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Joash Crowned King of Judah 21. So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md index 816a2379..243c7fe3 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ However the Levites did not do it quickly. 12. The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to restore the house of the Lord. 13. So the workmen labored, and the work was completed by them; they restored the house of God to its original condition and reinforced it. -14. When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; they made from it articles for the house of the Lord, articles for serving and offering, spoons and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.Apostasy of Joash +14. When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; they made from it articles for the house of the Lord, articles for serving and offering, spoons and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. +Apostasy of Joash + 15. But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old when he died. 16. And they buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and His house. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ However the Levites did not do it quickly. 27. Now concerning his sons, and the many oracles about him, and the repairing of the house of God, indeed they are written in the annals of the book of the kings. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md index 794fce25..12c96eda 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Then the prophet ceased, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy yo 21. So Joash king of Israel went out; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22. And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his tent. 23. Then Joash the king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate--four hundred cubits. -24. And he took all the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.Death of Amaziah +24. And he took all the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. +Death of Amaziah 25. Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 26. Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last, indeed are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? @@ -44,3 +45,4 @@ Then the prophet ceased, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy yo 28. Then they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md index ea44beb5..51d11717 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Uzziah Reigns in Judah 12. The total number of chief officers of the mighty men of valor was two thousand six hundred. 13. And under their authority was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14. Then Uzziah prepared for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and slings to cast stones. -15. And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong.The Penalty for Uzziah's Pride +15. And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong. +The Penalty for Uzziah's Pride 16. But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17. So Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the Lord--valiant men. @@ -34,3 +35,4 @@ Uzziah Reigns in Judah 23. So Uzziah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, "He is a leper." Then Jotham his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md index 5138d713..9fcafccd 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Jotham Reigns in Judah 9. So Jotham rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md index 638857f0..fe8b171f 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md @@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 1. Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David had done. 2. For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made molded images for the Baals. 3. He burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. -4. And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.Syria and Israel Defeat Judah +4. And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. +Syria and Israel Defeat Judah 5. Therefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They defeated him, and carried away a great multitude of them as captives, and brought them to Damascus. Then he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who defeated him with a great slaughter. 6. For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. 7. Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam the officer over the house, and Elkanah who was second to the king. -8. And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters; and they also took away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.Israel Returns the Captives +8. And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters; and they also took away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. +Israel Returns the Captives + 9. But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: "Look, because the Lord God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand; but you have killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. 10. And now you propose to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to be your male and female slaves; but are you not also guilty before the Lord your God? @@ -18,14 +21,17 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 12. Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war, 13. and said to them, "You shall not bring the captives here, for we already have offended the Lord. You intend to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel." 14. So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the leaders and all the assembly. -15. Then the men who were designated by name rose up and took the captives, and from the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them and gave them sandals, gave them food and drink, and anointed them; and they let all the feeble ones ride on donkeys. So they brought them to their brethren at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.Assyria Refuses to Help Judah +15. Then the men who were designated by name rose up and took the captives, and from the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them and gave them sandals, gave them food and drink, and anointed them; and they let all the feeble ones ride on donkeys. So they brought them to their brethren at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria. +Assyria Refuses to +Help Judah 16. At the same time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him. 17. For again the Edomites had come, attacked Judah, and carried away captives. 18. The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Sochoh with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there. 19. For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had encouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the Lord. 20. Also Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him. -21. For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the Lord, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.Apostasy and Death of Ahaz +21. For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the Lord, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him. +Apostasy and Death of Ahaz 22. Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the Lord. This is that King Ahaz. 23. For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, saying, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel. @@ -36,3 +42,4 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 27. So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. Then Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md index 07de3a5b..f7f5a9db 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah # Chapter 29 1. Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. -2. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple +2. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done. +Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple + 3. In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. 4. Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 17. Now they began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the Lord. So they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 18. Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, "We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offerings with all its articles, and the table of the showbread with all its articles. -19. Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the Lord."Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship +19. Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the Lord." +Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship + 20. Then King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. 21. And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. @@ -49,3 +53,4 @@ So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order. 36. Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the events took place so suddenly. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md index 4fafc3d0..06205db6 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ Hezekiah Keeps the Passover 27. Then the priests, the Levites, arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md index 88087691..a499a8bf 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ The Reforms of Hezekiah 21. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md index 25e57b29..49d87081 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md @@ -22,26 +22,32 @@ Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord 17. He also wrote letters to revile the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand." 18. Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might take the city. -19. And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth--the work of men's hands.Sennacherib's Defeat and Death +19. And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth--the work of men's hands. +Sennacherib's Defeat and Death 20. Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven. 21. Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there. 22. Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side. -23. And many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.Hezekiah Humbles Himself +23. And many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter. +Hezekiah Humbles Himself 24. In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and he prayed to the Lord; and He spoke to him and gave him a sign. 25. But Hezekiah did not repay according to the favor shown him, for his heart was lifted up; therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem. -26. Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.Hezekiah's Wealth and Honor +26. Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah. +Hezekiah's Wealth and Honor 27. Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items; 28. storehouses for the harvest of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and folds for flocks. 29. Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much property. 30. This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works. -31. However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.Death of Hezekiah +31. However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart. +Death of Hezekiah + 32. Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, indeed they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33. So Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md index 438380ac..3781dfae 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 6. Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. 7. He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; 8. and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers--only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses." -9. So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.Manasseh Restored After Repentance +9. So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. +Manasseh Restored After Repentance + 10. And the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen. 11. Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon. @@ -19,11 +21,13 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 14. After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah. 15. He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city. 16. He also repaired the altar of the Lord, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. -17. Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God.Death of Manasseh +17. Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God. +Death of Manasseh 18. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 19. Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai. -20. So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.Amon's Reign and Death +20. So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Then his son Amon reigned in his place. +Amon's Reign and Death 21. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22. But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and served them. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 25. But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md index f673cab6..da8c8ec4 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 4. They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5. He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6. And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali and all around, with axes. -7. When he had broken down the altars and the wooden images, had beaten the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law +7. When he had broken down the altars and the wooden images, had beaten the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. +Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law 8. In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 9. When they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the doors had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and which they had brought back to Jerusalem. @@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 25. because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place, and not be quenched.' " ' 26. But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Concerning the words which you have heard-- 27. because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you," says the Lord. -28. "Surely I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place and its inhabitants." ' " So they brought back word to the king.Josiah Restores True Worship +28. "Surely I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place and its inhabitants." ' " So they brought back word to the king. +Josiah Restores True Worship 29. Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30. The king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem--the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 33. Thus Josiah removed all the abominations from all the country that belonged to the children of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel diligently serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md index 09e03a7f..cb28e3d3 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Josiah Keeps the Passover 16. So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah. 17. And the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. 18. There had been no Passover kept in Israel like that since the days of Samuel the prophet; and none of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as Josiah kept, with the priests and the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -19. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept.Josiah Dies in Battle +19. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept. +Josiah Dies in Battle 20. After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. 21. But he sent messengers to him, saying, "What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; for God commanded me to make haste. Refrain from meddling with God, who is with me, lest He destroy you." @@ -37,3 +38,4 @@ Josiah Keeps the Passover 27. and his deeds from first to last, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. + diff --git a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md index 68c9a6ae..ddde693a 100644 --- a/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md @@ -4,20 +4,24 @@ The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz 1. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. 2. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3. Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -4. Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim +4. Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt. +The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim 5. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon. 7. Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. -8. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin +8. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. +The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin 9. Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. -10. At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.Zedekiah Reigns in Judah +10. At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem. +Zedekiah Reigns in Judah 11. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12. He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. 13. And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel. -14. Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.The Fall of Jerusalem +14. Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. +The Fall of Jerusalem 15. And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16. But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy. @@ -26,7 +30,8 @@ The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz 18. And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon. 19. Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. 20. And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, -21. to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.The Proclamation of Cyrus +21. to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. +The Proclamation of Cyrus 22. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, @@ -34,3 +39,4 @@ The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up! + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md index 4f46f047..c5f08849 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has co 11. All the articles of gold and silver were five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar took with the captives who were brought from Babylon to Jerusalem. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md index cb74dc2b..be655f8c 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md @@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ The Captives Who Returned to Jerusalem 70. So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md index e485aaaf..40a6173f 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Worship Restored at Jerusalem 4. They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day. 5. Afterwards they offered the regular burnt offering, and those for New Moons and for all the appointed feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and those of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to the Lord. 6. From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid. -7. They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.Restoration of the Temple Begins +7. They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia. +Restoration of the Temple Begins + 8. Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord. 9. Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah, arose as one to oversee those working on the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, beca 13. so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard afar off. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md index 66fdeaf7..186a8c69 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Resistance to Rebuilding the Temple 2. they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers' houses, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here." 3. But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel said to them, "You may do nothing with us to build a house for our God; but we alone will build to the Lord God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us." 4. Then the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building, -5. and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.Rebuilding of Jerusalem Opposed +5. and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. +Rebuilding of Jerusalem Opposed + 6. In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Peace, and so forth. 24. Thus the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem ceased, and it was discontinued until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md index 59aff2ab..e6dcbbf1 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ All peace. 17. Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king's treasure house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us his pleasure concerning this matter. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md index 1d56b4d6..bbbaa666 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md @@ -16,14 +16,17 @@ The Decree of Darius 10. that they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11. Also I issue a decree that whoever alters this edict, let a timber be pulled from his house and erected, and let him be hanged on it; and let his house be made a refuse heap because of this. -12. And may the God who causes His name to dwell there destroy any king or people who put their hand to alter it, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius issue a decree; let it be done diligently.The Temple Completed and Dedicated +12. And may the God who causes His name to dwell there destroy any king or people who put their hand to alter it, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius issue a decree; let it be done diligently. +The Temple Completed and Dedicated + 13. Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent. 14. So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15. Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. 16. Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17. And they offered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. -18. They assigned the priests to their divisions and the Levites to their divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.The Passover Celebrated +18. They assigned the priests to their divisions and the Levites to their divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses. +The Passover Celebrated 19. And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 20. For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves; all of them were ritually clean. And they slaughtered the Passover lambs for all the descendants of the captivity, for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. @@ -31,3 +34,4 @@ The Decree of Darius 22. And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the Lord made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md index 17d774ae..29e436de 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Arrival of Ezra 7. Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. 8. And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9. On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. -10. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra +10. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. +The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra + 11. This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel: @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ Perfect peace, and so forth. So I was encouraged, as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md index 05f472dc..cb1a4fa3 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md @@ -14,18 +14,24 @@ Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra 11. of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males; 12. of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males; 13. of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these--Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah--and with them sixty males; -14. also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.Servants for the Temple +14. also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. +Servants for the Temple + 15. Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there. 16. Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding. 17. And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia--that they should bring us servants for the house of our God. 18. Then, by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers, eighteen men; 19. and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty men; -20. also of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by name.Fasting and Prayer for Protection +20. also of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by name. +Fasting and Prayer for Protection + 21. Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions. 22. For I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, "The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him." -23. So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.Gifts for the Temple +23. So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer. +Gifts for the Temple + 24. And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests--Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them-- 25. and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered. @@ -33,7 +39,9 @@ Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra 27. twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold. 28. And I said to them, "You are holy to the Lord; the articles are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29. Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers' houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord." -30. So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.The Return to Jerusalem +30. So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. +The Return to Jerusalem + 31. Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road. 32. So we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days. @@ -46,3 +54,4 @@ Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra 36. And they delivered the king's orders to the king's satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God. + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md index c4ac0016..7a5d97f9 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Intermarriage with Pagans 15. O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!" + diff --git a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md index 2a36d14c..2519b401 100644 --- a/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Confession of Improper Marriages 15. Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support. 16. Then the descendants of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of the fathers' households, were set apart by the fathers' households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. -17. By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives.Pagan Wives Put Away +17. By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives. +Pagan Wives Put Away + 18. And among the sons of the priests who had taken pagan wives the following were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19. And they gave their promise that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they presented a ram of the flock as their trespass offering. @@ -58,3 +60,4 @@ Confession of Improper Marriages 44. All these had taken pagan wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md index f93c6761..1b9838d5 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shus For I was the king's cupbearer. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md index e118713d..acb2c90f 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ So I prayed to the God of heaven. 8. and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy." And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me. 9. Then I went to the governors in the region beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. -10. When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel.Nehemiah Views the Wall of Jerusalem +10. When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel. +Nehemiah Views the Wall of Jerusalem + 11. So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12. Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ So they said, "Let us rise up and build." Then they set their hands to this good 20. So I answered them, and said to them, "The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem." + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md index 557242ae..97857b4b 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ Rebuilding the Wall 32. And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md index 53369636..258c1ca0 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ The Wall Defended Against Enemies 23. So neither I, my brethren, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes, except that everyone took them off for washing. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md index d0860149..78b86d8c 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Then they were silenced and found nothing to say. 12. So they said, "We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say." Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. 13. Then I shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied." -And all the assembly said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this promise.The Generosity of Nehemiah +And all the assembly said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this promise. +The Generosity of Nehemiah + 14. Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the governor's provisions. 15. But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God. @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ And all the assembly said, "Amen!" and praised the Lord. Then the people did acc 19. Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md index f0c22cc7..49d3af5a 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. 12. Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13. For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me. -14. My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.The Wall Completed +14. My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid. +The Wall Completed + 15. So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. 16. And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. 19. Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md index d83dbaf7..259b22b3 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md @@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadi 71. Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas. 72. And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments. -73. So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities.Ezra Reads the Law +73. So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. +Ezra Reads the Law When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md index c1a919c8..49a13146 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Then all the people answered, "Amen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands. And th 10. Then he said to them, "Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength." 11. So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved." -12. And all the people went their way to eat and drink, to send portions and rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that were declared to them.The Feast of Tabernacles +12. And all the people went their way to eat and drink, to send portions and rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that were declared to them. +The Feast of Tabernacles 13. Now on the second day the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law. 14. And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, @@ -29,3 +30,4 @@ Then all the people answered, "Amen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands. And th 18. Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md index 2fa596ef..dd7c48d7 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md @@ -220,3 +220,4 @@ We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it." + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md index 015b2a7f..63fb6a09 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 24. Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25. Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26. Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, -27. Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.The Covenant That Was Sealed +27. Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. +The Covenant That Was Sealed + 28. Now the rest of the people--the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding-- 29. these joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes: @@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 39. For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are; and we will not neglect the house of our God. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md index ebf6b2c6..96857bba 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ The children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son 22. Also the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of God. 23. For it was the king's command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day. -24. Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king's deputy in all matters concerning the people.The People Dwelling Outside Jerusalem +24. Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king's deputy in all matters concerning the people. +The People Dwelling Outside Jerusalem + 25. And as for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba and its villages, Dibon and its villages, Jekabzeel and its villages; 26. in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet, @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ The children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son 36. Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md index ef0cf237..3c5a4485 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 24. And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to praise and give thanks, group alternating with group, according to the command of David the man of God. 25. Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storerooms of the gates. -26. These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall +26. These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. +Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall + 27. Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps. 28. And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites, @@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 41. and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; 42. also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loudly with Jezrahiah the director. -43. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off.Temple Responsibilities +43. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. +Temple Responsibilities + 44. And at the same time some were appointed over the rooms of the storehouse for the offerings, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who ministered. 45. Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification, according to the command of David and Solomon his son. @@ -62,3 +66,4 @@ These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 47. In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for each day. They also consecrated holy things for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the children of Aaron. + diff --git a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md index ee947641..f3738d4e 100644 --- a/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Principles of Separation # Chapter 13 1. On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, 2. because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. -3. So it was, when they had heard the Law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.The Reforms of Nehemiah +3. So it was, when they had heard the Law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel. +The Reforms of Nehemiah + 4. Now before this, Eliashib the priest, having authority over the storerooms of the house of our God, was allied with Tobiah. 5. And he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests. @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the great Remember me, O my God, for good! + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md index 99d011a4..eeb2847b 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ The King Dethrones Queen Vashti 22. Then he sent letters to all the king's provinces, to each province in its own script, and to every people in their own language, that each man should be master in his own house, and speak in the language of his own people. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md index 4c33302d..5bb0368f 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ This thing pleased the king, and he did so. 15. Now when the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her. 16. So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17. The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. -18. Then the king made a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the generosity of a king.Mordecai Discovers a Plot +18. Then the king made a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the generosity of a king. +Mordecai Discovers a Plot + 19. When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king's gate. 20. Now Esther had not revealed her family and her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as when she was brought up by him. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ This thing pleased the king, and he did so. 23. And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both were hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md index 7fcf9302..1c60d0cb 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Haman's Conspiracy Against the Jews 15. The couriers went out, hastened by the king's command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md index 4bbe6ab8..8f95043c 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Esther Agrees to Help the Jews +Esther Agrees to +Help the Jews # Chapter 4 1. When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. @@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ Esther Agrees to Help the Jews 17. So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther commanded him. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md index 8bd81f52..8540271f 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Esther's Banquet 6. At the banquet of wine the king said to Esther, "What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!" 7. Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and request is this: -8. If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said."Haman's Plot Against Mordecai +8. If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said." +Haman's Plot Against Mordecai + 9. So Haman went out that day joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai. 10. Nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Esther's Banquet And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md index da8adfb8..bc29817d 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Now Haman thought in his heart, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than 14. While they were still talking with him, the king's eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md index 248b4f69..4923ac08 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Then the king said, "Hang him on it!" 10. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath subsided. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md index 44b8bb33..b13fa20e 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Esther Saves the Jews 17. And in every province and city, wherever the king's command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon them. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md index e8702e8d..936a3661 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ The Jews Destroy Their Tormentors 15. And the Jews who were in Shushan gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. 16. The remainder of the Jews in the king's provinces gathered together and protected their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. -17. This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.The Feast of Purim +17. This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness. +The Feast of Purim + 18. But the Jews who were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19. Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth day of the month of Adar with gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and for sending presents to one another. @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ The Jews Destroy Their Tormentors 32. So the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book. + diff --git a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md index 300ee6f3..4504318d 100644 --- a/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md @@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Mordecai's Advancement 3. For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md index c3bba846..fc01a1d4 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Job and His Family in Uz 3. Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East. 4. And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. -5. So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did regularly.Satan Attacks Job's Character +5. So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did regularly. +Satan Attacks Job's Character + 6. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. 7. And the Lord said to Satan, "From where do you come?" @@ -14,12 +16,15 @@ So Satan answered the Lord and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and fr 8. Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?" -9. So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? +9. +So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? 10. Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11. But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" 12. And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." -So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.Job Loses His Property and Children +So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. +Job Loses His Property and Children + 13. Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house; 14. and a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, @@ -42,3 +47,4 @@ Blessed be the name of the Lord." 22. In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md index 08ca84b0..391d5162 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md @@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ Satan answered the Lord and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from 9. Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!" -10. But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.Job's Three Friends +10. But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. +Job's Three Friends + 11. Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place--Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him. 12. And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. 13. So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md index cc2515bc..4487e2d9 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest + 14. With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built ruins for themselves, @@ -83,3 +84,4 @@ And what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no rest, for trouble comes." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md index f3ae3529..96deb836 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md @@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ They perish forever, with no one regarding. They die, even without wisdom.' + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md index 314386d0..56441102 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md @@ -88,3 +88,4 @@ It is true. Hear it, and know for yourself." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md index a04a6eaa..c2f64e12 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md @@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands! Cannot my taste discern the unsavory? + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md index 0c01f952..1929417e 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md @@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md index ce803960..956196f9 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ And your lips with rejoicing. And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md index e3567479..ab21edef 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md @@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ And do not let dread of Him terrify me. But it is not so with me. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md index 2aecad29..58f45e76 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md @@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md index 114bacdc..1796184a 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md @@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ And they shall not escape, And their hope--loss of life!" + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md index c9c517fa..81a5d524 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md @@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md index 89ddd2ee..1f34d798 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ And to my declaration with your ears. I know that I shall be vindicated. 19. Who is he who will contend with me? -If now I hold my tongue, I perish.Job's Despondent Prayer +If now I hold my tongue, I perish. +Job's Despondent Prayer + 20. "Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide myself from You: @@ -87,3 +89,4 @@ You set a limit for the soles of my feet. Like a garment that is moth-eaten. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md index 616f831e..f5d22208 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md @@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ They are brought low, and he does not perceive it. And his soul will mourn over it." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md index 318f6af1..80f8ee53 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md @@ -109,3 +109,4 @@ And fire will consume the tents of bribery. Their womb prepares deceit." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md index d2d4d78f..40254f95 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md @@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ As a man pleads for his neighbor! I shall go the way of no return. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md index 3679ba5f..b11775ee 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ As for my hope, who can see it? Shall we have rest together in the dust?" + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md index f634afe3..ef1b9552 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ As those in the east are frightened. And this is the place of him who does not know God." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md index 341f764a..9c696d53 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md @@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md index 688ccd00..57a08dd3 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md @@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath. The heritage appointed to him by God." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md index cecb4294..29a2e375 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ As countless have gone before him. Since falsehood remains in your answers?" + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md index 64f2987b..b50d3805 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md @@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ Then He will save the humble person. Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md index dce1be40..fe1fe952 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ And the Almighty terrifies me; And He did not hide deep darkness from my face. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md index 188f1b23..e7a47d5e 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md @@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ They dry out like the heads of grain. And make my speech worth nothing?" + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md index c06c25af..b4fea86d 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ And the stars are not pure in His sight, And a son of man, who is a worm?" + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md index a95fa55b..6e7e0b34 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?" + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md index 8919a314..2308ad47 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ He flees desperately from its power. And shall hiss him out of his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md index a0dd78e6..8da1c220 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md @@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out. And to depart from evil is understanding.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md index e44fe6f9..09122945 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md @@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md index 904b784a..d9284d13 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md @@ -99,3 +99,4 @@ My bones burn with fever. And my flute to the voice of those who weep. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md index 4ef249d7..1dc83a65 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17. Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it + 18. (But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother's womb I guided the widow); @@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ For I would have denied God who is above. 29. "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him + 30. (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul); @@ -128,3 +130,4 @@ And weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md index e69e798c..5a80dd89 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md @@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ Nor let me flatter any man. Else my Maker would soon take me away. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md index ccf19a2c..38a3a023 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md @@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ Speak, for I desire to justify you. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md index dcbca486..b84b68be 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md @@ -121,3 +121,4 @@ He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md index ed98176e..8243162c 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ Nor taken much notice of folly, He multiplies words without knowledge." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md index 6bf35e40..f9b932fb 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md @@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ For you have chosen this rather than affliction. Who teaches like Him? 23. Who has assigned Him His way, -Or who has said, 'You have done wrong'?Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty +Or who has said, 'You have done wrong'? +Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty + 24. "Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung. @@ -106,3 +108,4 @@ And commands it to strike. The cattle also, concerning the rising storm. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md index 62446c5b..db342947 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md @@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ He does not oppress. He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md index ff09dc9f..37fc01f5 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md @@ -127,3 +127,4 @@ When its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food? + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md index 8d302c9f..f5a7deae 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md @@ -95,3 +95,4 @@ Its eyes observe from afar. And where the slain are, there it is." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md index a878b577..c3e30ecd 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ God's Power and Wisdom 1. Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said: 2. "Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? -He who rebukes God, let him answer it."Job's Response to God +He who rebukes God, let him answer it." +Job's Response to God + 3. Then Job answered the Lord and said: @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth. 5. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; -Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."God's Challenge to Job +Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further." +God's Challenge to Job + 6. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: @@ -73,3 +77,4 @@ He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth, Or one pierces his nose with a snare. + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md index 66a9299e..4f21b6cb 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md @@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ Which is made without fear. He is king over all the children of pride." + diff --git a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md index 34a83a41..c2e5ba6e 100644 --- a/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md +++ b/NKJV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ And repent in dust and ashes." 17. So Job died, old and full of days. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md index 3c641c7f..0b1d5a78 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Psalms 1–41The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly +Psalms 1�41The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly # Chapter 1 1. Blessed is the man @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the way of the ungodly shall perish. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md index 6201e691..9a63f484 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md index 866851bb..5cd96474 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ You have broken the teeth of the ungodly. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md index f48916b5..d39feb96 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah + 3. But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly; The Lord will hear when I call to Him. @@ -30,3 +31,4 @@ More than in the season that their grain and wine increased. For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md index 47533f38..ecfc35ff 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ Be joyful in You. With favor You will surround him as with a shield. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md index b93d3098..16459514 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ A Prayer of Faith in Time of Distress # Chapter 6 -1. O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, +1. +O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. -2. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; +2. Have mercy on me, +O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. 3. My soul also is greatly troubled; -But You, O Lord--how long? +But You, +O Lord--how long? -4. Return, O Lord, deliver me! +4. Return, +O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies' sake! 5. For in death there is no remembrance of You; @@ -26,10 +30,12 @@ It grows old because of all my enemies. 8. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. -9. The Lord has heard my supplication; +9. +The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer. 10. Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md index 0442baf8..56d8dfcc 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Or have plundered my enemy without cause, Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust. Selah + 6. Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded! @@ -59,3 +60,4 @@ And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown. And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md index c44cc857..a871d030 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ That pass through the paths of the seas. How excellent is Your name in all the earth! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md index ef019587..6114d001 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ Let the nations be judged in Your sight. That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md index e3a92d40..6bcd6a65 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ God is in none of his thoughts. Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them. -6. He has said in his heart, "I shall not be moved; +6. +He has said in his heart, "I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity." 7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; @@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ He catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10. So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength. -11. He has said in his heart, +11. +He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see." @@ -66,3 +68,4 @@ You will cause Your ear to hear, That the man of the earth may oppress no more. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md index cdff4d19..abe26874 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md index d376861f..f124f926 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence. That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md index f7f77499..d49decf0 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ And Your years will have no end. And their descendants will be established before You." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md index 4514c12f..246643d4 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ Praise for the Lord's Mercies # Chapter 103 -1. Bless the Lord, O my soul; +1. +Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! -2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, +2. +Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3. Who forgives all your iniquities, @@ -59,15 +61,19 @@ And to those who remember His commandments to do them. 19. The Lord has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all. -20. Bless the Lord, you His angels, +20. +Bless the Lord, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. -21. Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, +21. +Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure. -22. Bless the Lord, all His works, +22. +Bless the Lord, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md index 6a0c9d17..91a738f0 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ Praise to the Sovereign Lord for His Creation and Providence # Chapter 104 -1. Bless the Lord, O my soul! +1. +Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, @@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ And lie down in their dens. 23. Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening. -24. O Lord, how manifold are Your works! +24. +O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions-- @@ -117,3 +119,4 @@ Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md index a24d08d9..f85dd11e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md @@ -139,3 +139,4 @@ And keep His laws. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md index b982ebd6..2987efb0 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md @@ -159,3 +159,4 @@ And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md index 9d7213c4..f1ca9aff 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Psalms 107–150Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance +Psalms 107�150Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance # Chapter 107 1. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! @@ -133,3 +133,4 @@ And all iniquity stops its mouth. And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md index 47681a17..61658f4e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ For the help of man is useless. For it is He who shall tread down our enemies. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md index dd9ad9e6..d1117a1e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md @@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness. 25. I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads. -26. Help me, O Lord my God! +26. +Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy, 27. That they may know that this is Your hand-- @@ -100,3 +101,4 @@ Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude. To save him from those who condemn him. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md index 4133b26f..2ad58085 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md @@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart. 3. If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do? -4. The Lord is in His holy temple, +4. +The Lord is in His holy temple, The Lord's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. -5. The Lord tests the righteous, +5. +The Lord tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6. Upon the wicked He will rain coals; @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md index e5e6ab12..8b66ddcd 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ He shall execute the heads of many countries. Therefore He shall lift up the head. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md index 8a34b0a9..73cbe20e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md index 885e94e2..21fffc87 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked shall perish. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md index 69cae2f1..0501c353 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ The Majesty and Condescension of God # Chapter 113 -1. Praise the Lord! +1. +Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord! @@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ From this time forth and forevermore! 3. From the rising of the sun to its going down The Lord's name is to be praised. -4. The Lord is high above all nations, +4. +The Lord is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens. 5. Who is like the Lord our God, @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ Like a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md index 4ef6b821..3c934ca2 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ At the presence of the God of Jacob, The flint into a fountain of waters. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md index 39a2cab2..0d2337af 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md @@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ From this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md index 09b2424d..306dad4d 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md @@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md index 797ba0d3..1931fb24 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -Let All Peoples Praise the Lord +Let All Peoples +Praise the Lord # Chapter 117 -1. Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! +1. +Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! 2. For His merciful kindness is great toward us, @@ -9,3 +11,4 @@ And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md index 0f43dace..cc5cc633 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md @@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ For His mercy endures forever. 5. I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. -6. The Lord is on my side; +6. +The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? -7. The Lord is for me among those who help me; +7. +The Lord is for me among those who help me; Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me. 8. It is better to trust in the Lord @@ -43,20 +45,23 @@ For in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. 13. You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the Lord helped me. -14. The Lord is my strength and song, +14. +The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. -16. The right hand of the Lord is exalted; +16. +The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. 17. I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord. -18. The Lord has chastened me severely, +18. +The Lord has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death. 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness; @@ -79,7 +84,8 @@ It is marvelous in our eyes. 24. This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. -25. Save now, I pray, O Lord; +25. Save now, I pray, +O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. 26. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! @@ -96,3 +102,4 @@ You are my God, I will exalt You. For His mercy endures forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md index ce1b0604..fca297d8 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! 11. Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. -12. Blessed are You, O Lord! +12. Blessed are You, +O Lord! Teach me Your statutes. 13. With my lips I have declared @@ -97,10 +98,12 @@ O Lord, do not put me to shame! 32. I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart. -33. Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, +33. Teach me, +O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end. -34. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; +34. +Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, @@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ For Your judgments are good. 40. Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness. -41. Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord-- +41. Let Your mercies come also to me, +O Lord-- Your salvation according to Your word. 42. So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, @@ -155,7 +159,8 @@ For Your word has given me life. 51. The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law. -52. I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord, +52. I remembered Your judgments of old, +O Lord, And have comforted myself. 53. Indignation has taken hold of me @@ -164,13 +169,15 @@ Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. 54. Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. -55. I remember Your name in the night, O Lord, +55. I remember Your name in the night, +O Lord, And I keep Your law. 56. This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts. -57. You are my portion, O Lord; +57. You are my portion, +O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words. 58. I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; @@ -191,7 +198,8 @@ Because of Your righteous judgments. 63. I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts. -64. The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; +64. The earth, +O Lord, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes. 65. You have dealt well with Your servant, @@ -224,7 +232,8 @@ Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. 74. Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word. -75. I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right, +75. I know, +O Lord, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. 76. Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, @@ -268,7 +277,8 @@ But I did not forsake Your precepts. 88. Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. -89. Forever, O Lord, +89. Forever, +O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. 90. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; @@ -323,9 +333,11 @@ And a light to my path. That I will keep Your righteous judgments. 107. I am afflicted very much; -Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word. +Revive me, +O Lord, according to Your word. -108. Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, +108. Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, +O Lord, And teach me Your judgments. 109. My life is continually in my hand, @@ -380,7 +392,8 @@ And teach me Your statutes. Give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies. -126. It is time for You to act, O Lord, +126. It is time for You to act, +O Lord, For they have regarded Your law as void. 127. Therefore I love Your commandments @@ -414,7 +427,8 @@ And teach me Your statutes. 136. Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because men do not keep Your law. -137. Righteous are You, O Lord, +137. Righteous are You, +O Lord, And upright are Your judgments. 138. Your testimonies, which You have commanded, @@ -439,7 +453,8 @@ Yet Your commandments are my delights. Give me understanding, and I shall live. 145. I cry out with my whole heart; -Hear me, O Lord! +Hear me, +O Lord! I will keep Your statutes. 146. I cry out to You; @@ -458,7 +473,8 @@ O Lord, revive me according to Your justice. 150. They draw near who follow after wickedness; They are far from Your law. -151. You are near, O Lord, +151. You are near, +O Lord, And all Your commandments are truth. 152. Concerning Your testimonies, @@ -473,7 +489,8 @@ Revive me according to Your word. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes. -156. Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; +156. Great are Your tender mercies, +O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments. 157. Many are my persecutors and my enemies, @@ -483,7 +500,8 @@ Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies. Because they do not keep Your word. 159. Consider how I love Your precepts; -Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness. +Revive me, +O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness. 160. The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever. @@ -512,7 +530,8 @@ And I love them exceedingly. 168. I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You. -169. Let my cry come before You, O Lord; +169. Let my cry come before You, +O Lord; Give me understanding according to Your word. 170. Let my supplication come before You; @@ -527,7 +546,8 @@ For all Your commandments are righteousness. 173. Let Your hand become my help, For I have chosen Your precepts. -174. I long for Your salvation, O Lord, +174. I long for Your salvation, +O Lord, And Your law is my delight. 175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; @@ -538,3 +558,4 @@ Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md index fe952c9a..39c914b8 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ Man's Treachery and God's Constancy # Chapter 12 -1. Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! +1. +Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. 2. They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; @@ -30,3 +31,4 @@ You shall preserve them from this generation forever. When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md index ce7124d2..9dd34634 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ With one who hates peace. But when I speak, they are for war. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md index 9162670f..58462384 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -God the Help of Those Who Seek Him +God the +Help of Those Who Seek Him # Chapter 121 1. I will lift up my eyes to the hills-- @@ -13,16 +14,20 @@ He who keeps you will not slumber. 4. Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. -5. The Lord is your keeper; +5. +The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6. The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. -7. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; +7. +The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. -8. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in +8. +The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md index 492bff8d..25379d78 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ I will now say, "Peace be within you." I will seek your good. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md index e1d148c1..b29d6f75 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md index e80af7af..6de95e92 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ The snare is broken, and we have escaped. Who made heaven and earth. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md index 89193fca..16dafef5 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ With the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md index 70d4c94b..1d8ca9d2 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md index a4f7ad95..cd1eb239 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md index 93c06210..20f3d183 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ All the days of your life. Peace be upon Israel! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md index 836fe7a1..e098dc9b 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. We bless you in the name of the Lord!" + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md index fa3fdae9..6045381a 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. Because He has dealt bountifully with me. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md index ad5a8204..19186c91 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ And with Him is abundant redemption. From all his iniquities. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md index e7bda660..4a3923f9 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Like a weaned child is my soul within me. From this time forth and forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md index 94d060f4..88b055b5 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed. But upon Himself His crown shall flourish." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md index ad079554..4af9e8f8 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ For there the Lord commanded the blessing-- Life forevermore. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md index 1ad51c34..94d31cd7 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ And bless the Lord. Bless you from Zion! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md index 8c54c82e..127b5327 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md @@ -1,14 +1,16 @@ Praise to God in Creation and Redemption # Chapter 135 -1. Praise the Lord! +1. +Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord; Praise Him, O you servants of the Lord! 2. You who stand in the house of the Lord, In the courts of the house of our God, -3. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; +3. +Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant. 4. For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, @@ -59,10 +61,12 @@ Nor is there any breath in their mouths. 18. Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. -19. Bless the Lord, O house of Israel! +19. +Bless the Lord, O house of Israel! Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron! -20. Bless the Lord, O house of Levi! +20. +Bless the Lord, O house of Levi! You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord! 21. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, @@ -70,3 +74,4 @@ Who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md index ad9c3858..441c87e2 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md @@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ For His mercy endures forever. For His mercy endures forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md index 0b4e7522..f4b0b846 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ Happy the one who repays you as you have served us! Your little ones against the rock! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md index 8841a75e..46816499 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md index cfa79e3e..b7966770 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md @@ -78,3 +78,4 @@ Try me, and know my anxieties; And lead me in the way everlasting. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md index 6fb5c020..6f8e4fe1 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md index 1f0b68d4..7805601e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Who have purposed to make my steps stumble. They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah + 6. I said to the Lord: "You are my God; Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord. @@ -46,3 +47,4 @@ And justice for the poor. The upright shall dwell in Your presence. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md index b84d9c17..12dde99e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ And from the traps of the workers of iniquity. While I escape safely. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md index 60e929c2..0ea9777e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ The righteous shall surround me, For You shall deal bountifully with me." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md index 0bdeb2e9..a8666f3a 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ And destroy all those who afflict my soul; For I am Your servant. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md index 24857437..31bda621 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them. Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners, -8. Whose mouth speaks lying words, +8. +Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 9. I will sing a new song to You, O God; @@ -57,3 +58,4 @@ That there be no outcry in our streets. Happy are the people whose God is the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md index f8782ad0..cede9e84 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md @@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ And all flesh shall bless His holy name Forever and ever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md index a3ee57ae..34265783 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -The Happiness of Those Whose Help Is the Lord +The Happiness of Those Whose +Help Is the Lord # Chapter 146 -1. Praise the Lord! +1. +Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2. While I live I will praise the Lord; @@ -24,16 +26,20 @@ Who keeps truth forever, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. -8. The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; +8. +The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous. -9. The Lord watches over the strangers; +9. +The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. -10. The Lord shall reign forever-- +10. +The Lord shall reign forever-- Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md index 19ba863e..d8164379 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md index 55d757a8..313401fd 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ Praise to the Lord from Creation # Chapter 148 -1. Praise the Lord! +1. +Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! @@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ For He commanded and they were created. 6. He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away. -7. Praise the Lord from the earth, +7. +Praise the Lord from the earth, You great sea creatures and all the depths; 8. Fire and hail, snow and clouds; @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ A people near to Him. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md index 86fee339..4d2ee0f7 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ This honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md index 2adff2d1..a62e1466 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md index bb391b7c..6ec15e3f 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Praise Him with clashing cymbals! Praise the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md index 997f828d..595de1ea 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md index bd671bc7..080e0d45 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md @@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ And leave the rest of their possession for their babes. I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md index 6768bfa6..ca358b18 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ God the Sovereign Savior # Chapter 18 1. I will love You, O Lord, my strength. -2. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; +2. +The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. @@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ And thick clouds of the skies. 12. From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire. -13. The Lord thundered from heaven, +13. +The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. @@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ But the Lord was my support. 19. He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. -20. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; +20. +The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. @@ -150,7 +153,8 @@ The foreigners submit to me. 45. The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts. -46. The Lord lives! +46. +The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted. @@ -169,3 +173,4 @@ And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md index b18d6f57..63c2c2eb 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md index d3eb0085..6c4b61fe 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ The Assurance of God's Saving Work # Chapter 20 -1. May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble; +1. +May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend you; 2. May He send you help from the sanctuary, @@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ And strengthen you out of Zion; 3. May He remember all your offerings, And accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah + 4. May He grant you according to your heart's desire, And fulfill all your purpose. @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ But we have risen and stand upright. May the King answer us when we call. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md index 14931d78..7a6b929c 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces. We will sing and praise Your power. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md index 5c28be7a..628c2369 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md @@ -111,3 +111,4 @@ It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation, That He has done this. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md index 9f76fcdc..97cee3e5 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md index 5e606633..a42cb5cf 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6. This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah + 7. Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. @@ -37,3 +38,4 @@ The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md index dde11d8c..c90ce6ae 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md @@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ For I wait for You. Out of all their troubles! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md index 49ba66d6..78b1b2cd 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Redeem me and be merciful to me. In the congregations I will bless the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md index 2bf6aaa6..1e717a52 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md index 98bf5536..23d8a8c9 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md index bdd24b02..c372a9df 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md @@ -1,38 +1,49 @@ Praise to God in His Holiness and Majesty # Chapter 29 -1. Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, +1. +Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, Give unto the Lord glory and strength. -2. Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; +2. +Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. -3. The voice of the Lord is over the waters; +3. +The voice of the Lord is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The Lord is over many waters. -4. The voice of the Lord is powerful; +4. +The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. -5. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, +5. +The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon. 6. He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. -7. The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire. +7. +The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire. -8. The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; +8. +The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh. -9. The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, +9. +The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, "Glory!" -10. The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, +10. +The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever. -11. The Lord will give strength to His people; +11. +The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md index f8273b00..c1bf82b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ The Blessedness of Answered Prayer # Chapter 30 -1. I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, +1. I will extol You, O +Lord, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me. -2. O Lord my God, I cried out to You, +2. O +Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. -3. O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; +3. O +Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. -4. Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, +4. Sing praise to the +Lord, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. 5. For His anger is but for a moment, @@ -21,24 +25,30 @@ But joy comes in the morning. 6. Now in my prosperity I said, "I shall never be moved." -7. Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; +7. +Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. -8. I cried out to You, O Lord; -And to the Lord I made supplication: +8. I cried out to You, O +Lord; +And to the +Lord I made supplication: 9. "What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? -10. Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; +10. Hear, O +Lord, and have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper!" 11. You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, 12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. -O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever. +O +Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md index 527720c2..e423be99 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md @@ -96,3 +96,4 @@ And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md index 79d85dbc..113c4739 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md @@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ Through my groaning all the day long. 4. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah + 5. I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah + 6. For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him. And shout for joy, all you upright in heart! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md index d4bb7977..11f14343 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ Because we have trusted in His holy name. Just as we hope in You. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md index 21f0f833..6c296da5 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md index e113b706..354c457e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant." And of Your praise all the day long. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md index 727c679a..f9a5137c 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ He has ceased to be wise and to do good. He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil. -5. Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; +5. Your mercy, +O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 6. Your righteousness is like the great mountains; @@ -40,3 +41,4 @@ And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. They have been cast down and are not able to rise. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md index 04dbed52..2b214f70 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md @@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ And his descendants are blessed. 27. Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell forevermore. -28. For the Lord loves justice, +28. +For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. @@ -137,3 +138,4 @@ And save them, Because they trust in Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md index a96d5104..0e0b98e1 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md @@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ O my God, be not far from me! O Lord, my salvation! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md index b05656d3..627520d8 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah + 12. "Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; @@ -53,3 +54,4 @@ A sojourner, as all my fathers were. Before I go away and am no more." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md index 961977ee..75f5c9f0 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ And will trust in the Lord. 4. Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. -5. Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works +5. Many, +O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; @@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly. -11. Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; +11. Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, +O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. 12. For innumerable evils have surrounded me; @@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; Therefore my heart fails me. -13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; +13. Be pleased, +O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me! 14. Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion @@ -74,3 +77,4 @@ You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md index fc8b3767..d812c312 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md @@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly 1. Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. -2. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, +2. +The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. -3. The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; +3. +The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. 4. I said, "Lord, be merciful to me; @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md index 0b557ad3..be0e207a 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Psalms 42–72Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses +Psalms 42�72Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses # Chapter 42 1. As the deer pants for the water brooks, @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md index 05a79337..b1c52038 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md index 39ae36e8..23c64539 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ And have put to shame those who hated us. 8. In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah + 9. But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies. @@ -86,3 +87,4 @@ Our body clings to the ground. And redeem us for Your mercies' sake. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md index 207eddcd..e3ccdf15 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ Whom You shall make princes in all the earth. Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md index 75833a7d..ff8c62a9 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3. Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah + 4. There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. @@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ He uttered His voice, the earth melted. 7. The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah + 8. Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has made desolations in the earth. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ I will be exalted in the earth! The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md index 0eb6f358..acd25b8a 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ And the nations under our feet. 4. He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah + 5. God has gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. @@ -31,3 +32,4 @@ For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md index 3f7e5ae6..a21d88a7 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md @@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ He will be our guide Even to death. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md index d1be256b..48b7f3ab 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ He is like the beasts that perish. 13. This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah + 14. Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Death shall feed on them; The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; @@ -66,3 +67,4 @@ They shall never see light. Is like the beasts that perish. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md index 80c78002..8d42e11e 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md @@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md index 1d1e9a3e..43099ad5 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md @@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md index a9102ef5..35191d3b 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3. You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah + 4. You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue. @@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ You deceitful tongue. He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah + 6. The righteous also shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying, @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md index c8efd9ed..34f45df2 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ When God brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md index 5a2ae1f9..27884abc 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Give ear to the words of my mouth. And oppressors have sought after my life; They have not set God before them. Selah + 4. Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life. @@ -24,3 +25,4 @@ I will praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good. And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md index 2af59c6e..fdf8eb40 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ I would fly away and be at rest. 7. Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness. Selah + 8. I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest." @@ -83,3 +84,4 @@ Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md index c3ff54fe..c31e2cff 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ This I know, because God is for me. 10. In God (I will praise His word), In the Lord (I will praise His word), -11. In God I have put my trust; +11. +In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? @@ -49,3 +50,4 @@ That I may walk before God In the light of the living? + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md index 5c160721..79a3a756 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ My soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah + 7. My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise. @@ -44,3 +45,4 @@ And Your truth unto the clouds. Let Your glory be above all the earth. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md index a9bfae9c..78bf2cde 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, Surely He is God who judges in the earth." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md index be6e8f8a..f1aa9260 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Awake to help me, and behold! Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah + 6. At evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city. @@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ That they may not be; And let them know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah + 14. And at evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city. @@ -66,3 +68,4 @@ For God is my defense, My God of mercy. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md index 08b6753e..63e89af6 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ You have made us drink the wine of confusion. 4. You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah + 5. That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me. @@ -45,3 +46,4 @@ For the help of man is useless. For it is He who shall tread down our enemies. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md index 260c70bc..46581351 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Oh, prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him! That I may daily perform my vows. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md index 9eb48339..db632b03 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. Selah + 5. My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. @@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ And my refuge, is in God. Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah + 9. Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, @@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ That power belongs to God. For You render to each one according to his work. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md index 926fbaa2..2ae9c843 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Everyone who swears by Him shall glory; But the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md index 5d26bf68..4087d072 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ For they shall wisely consider His doing. And all the upright in heart shall glory. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md index 7075f35e..287521fb 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md @@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md index 326e0994..345c49f9 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Your enemies shall submit themselves to You. And sing praises to You; They shall sing praises to Your name." Selah + 5. Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men. @@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ There we will rejoice in Him. His eyes observe the nations; Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah + 8. Oh, bless our God, you peoples! And make the voice of His praise to be heard, @@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble. With the sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah + 16. Come and hear, all you who fear God, And I will declare what He has done for my soul. @@ -69,3 +72,4 @@ Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md index 782804ba..70258450 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Let all the peoples praise You. For You shall judge the people righteously, And govern the nations on earth. Selah + 5. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. @@ -24,3 +25,4 @@ God, our own God, shall bless us. And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md index ae4cf352..fec25b68 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 7. O God, when You went out before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah + 8. The earth shook; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. @@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ That the Lord God might dwell there. Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah + 20. Our God is the God of salvation; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death. @@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. 32. Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah + 33. To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice. @@ -128,3 +131,4 @@ The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md index 790813e2..b6b2bdc9 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble +An Urgent Plea for +Help in Trouble # Chapter 69 1. Save me, O God! @@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ I still must restore it. 5. O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You. -6. Let not those who wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me; +6. Let not those who wait for You, +O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel. 7. Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; @@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ And out of the deep waters. Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me. -16. Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; +16. Hear me, +O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies. 17. And do not hide Your face from Your servant, @@ -126,3 +129,4 @@ That they may dwell there and possess it. And those who love His name shall dwell in it. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md index cccc83e9..9fbfae78 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Prayer for Relief from Adversaries # Chapter 70 1. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! -Make haste to help me, O Lord! +Make haste to help me, +O Lord! 2. Let them be ashamed and confounded Who seek my life; @@ -22,3 +23,4 @@ You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md index e0e2d254..6a11c223 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md @@ -88,3 +88,4 @@ For they are brought to shame Who seek my hurt. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md index a2523f2b..665aa501 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md @@ -73,3 +73,4 @@ Amen and Amen. 20. The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md index 89e1c04a..24c8978b 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Psalms 73–89The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God +Psalms 73�89The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God # Chapter 73 1. Truly God is good to Israel, @@ -89,3 +89,4 @@ I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md index 6e44c3c0..85e7b0f2 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily. The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md index f2780409..c9c150a4 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ I will judge uprightly. 3. The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah + 4. "I said to the boastful, 'Do not deal boastfully,' And to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn. @@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md index 415b5a36..889b7ea4 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ And His dwelling place in Zion. 3. There He broke the arrows of the bow, The shield and sword of battle. Selah + 4. You are more glorious and excellent Than the mountains of prey. @@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ The earth feared and was still, 9. When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah + 10. Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared. He is awesome to the kings of the earth. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md index c6e3a036..3a7345c0 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ My soul refused to be comforted. 3. I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah + 4. You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. @@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ Has His promise failed forevermore? 9. Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah + 10. And I said, "This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High." @@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ You have declared Your strength among the peoples. 15. You have with Your arm redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah + 16. The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were afraid; The depths also trembled. @@ -69,3 +72,4 @@ And Your footsteps were not known. By the hand of Moses and Aaron. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md index ee53572e..faeb2ae7 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md @@ -236,3 +236,4 @@ And Israel His inheritance. And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md index 4a3f7ece..bb05fe92 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ And laid waste his dwelling place. Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low. -9. Help us, O God of our salvation, +9. +Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name's sake! @@ -51,3 +52,4 @@ Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md index 3866b164..f8be777b 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ And the wild beast of the field devours it. Look down from heaven and see, And visit this vine + 15. And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself. @@ -67,3 +68,4 @@ Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md index 02baef30..c4d33a86 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ But their fate would endure forever. And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md index a3b24280..009f8a23 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ And fall like one of the princes." For You shall inherit all nations. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md index 7b8af2d5..8c549854 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8. Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah + 9. Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon, @@ -58,3 +59,4 @@ Yes, let them be put to shame and perish, Are the Most High over all the earth. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md index 5f66f1bf..a3c4c674 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md @@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3. Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young-- -Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, +Even Your altars, +O Lord of hosts, My King and my God. 4. Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah + 5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. @@ -27,9 +29,11 @@ The rain also covers it with pools. 7. They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion. -8. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; +8. +O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah + 9. O God, behold our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed. @@ -42,7 +46,9 @@ The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly. -12. O Lord of hosts, +12. +O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You! + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md index 482b99eb..d6aa3596 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ You have brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2. You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah + 3. You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger. @@ -43,3 +44,4 @@ And our land will yield its increase. And shall make His footsteps our pathway. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md index b1966fda..6352d7d2 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md @@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md index 69c26dce..fd685c65 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ More than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God! Selah + 4. "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me; Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia: 'This one was born there.' " @@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ When He registers the peoples: "All my springs are in you." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md index 3ea7e988..aff212eb 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -A Prayer for Help in Despondency +A Prayer for +Help in Despondency # Chapter 88 1. O Lord, God of my salvation, @@ -61,3 +62,4 @@ They engulfed me altogether. And my acquaintances into darkness. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md index 19985eac..c1119cfa 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ And his throne as the sun before Me; 37. It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky." Selah + 38. But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed. @@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ And cast his throne down to the ground. 45. The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah + 46. How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? @@ -161,3 +163,4 @@ With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. Amen and Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md index c92330ec..fc65ca11 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Psalms 90–106The Eternity of God, and Man's Frailty +Psalms 90�106The Eternity of God, and Man's Frailty # Chapter 90 1. Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. @@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md index 540b2bb4..a779f16b 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ I will deliver him and honor him. And show him My salvation." + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md index 48e22523..d52c7db4 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ They shall be fresh and flourishing, He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md index f32cb1dc..e013b8cf 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ The Eternal Reign of the Lord # Chapter 93 -1. The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; +1. +The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. @@ -9,11 +10,13 @@ Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. 2. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. -3. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, +3. The floods have lifted up, +O Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. -4. The Lord on high is mightier +4. +The Lord on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea. @@ -22,3 +25,4 @@ Holiness adorns Your house, O Lord, forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md index bec098f3..99705f39 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ And afflict Your heritage. 6. They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless. -7. Yet they say, "The Lord does not see, +7. Yet they say, " +The Lord does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand." 8. Understand, you senseless among the people; @@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ He who formed the eye, shall He not see? 10. He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge? -11. The Lord knows the thoughts of man, +11. +The Lord knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile. 12. Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, @@ -72,3 +74,4 @@ And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The Lord our God shall cut them off. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md index b2aee8c7..f92e470c 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ And they do not know My ways.' 'They shall not enter My rest.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md index 23bd9d93..7dd5580f 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ A Song of Praise to God Coming in Judgment 1. Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth. -2. Sing to the Lord, bless His name; +2. +Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. 3. Declare His glory among the nations, @@ -19,10 +20,12 @@ But the Lord made the heavens. 6. Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. -7. Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, +7. +Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength. -8. Give to the Lord the glory due His name; +8. +Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts. 9. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! @@ -39,9 +42,11 @@ Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; 12. Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice + 13. before the Lord. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md index 74c2f838..01ad40cb 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ And gladness for the upright in heart. And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md index 17c61ad2..6c541a2b 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md @@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ The world and those who dwell in it; 8. Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together + 9. before the Lord, For He is coming to judge the earth. With righteousness He shall judge the world, And the peoples with equity. + diff --git a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md index 460fee44..e881e331 100644 --- a/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md +++ b/NKJV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ And worship at His holy hill; For the Lord our God is holy. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md index d4b76131..ed37e41c 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, The words of the wise and their riddles. 7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, -But fools despise wisdom and instruction.Shun Evil Counsel +But fools despise wisdom and instruction. +Shun Evil Counsel + 8. My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; @@ -56,7 +58,9 @@ In the sight of any bird; They lurk secretly for their own lives. 19. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; -It takes away the life of its owners.The Call of Wisdom +It takes away the life of its owners. +The Call of Wisdom + 20. Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. @@ -105,3 +109,4 @@ And the complacency of fools will destroy them; And will be secure, without fear of evil." + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md index 69b37241..b316b9f4 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ And the blameless will remain in it; And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md index d904fd9f..00d2e13a 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md @@ -110,3 +110,4 @@ But gives grace to the humble. But shame shall be the legacy of fools. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md index 934212a4..0f04a35b 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md @@ -85,3 +85,4 @@ And let all your ways be established. Remove your foot from evil. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md index e1f8f88c..0c29bed8 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ And he is caught in the cords of his sin. And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md index 6e4605f3..e852a36a 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Plead with your friend. Nor slumber to your eyelids. 5. Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, -And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.The Folly of Indolence +And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. +The Folly of Indolence + 6. Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, @@ -34,7 +36,9 @@ When will you rise from your sleep? A little folding of the hands to sleep-- 11. So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, -And your need like an armed man.The Wicked Man +And your need like an armed man. +The Wicked Man + 12. A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth; @@ -61,7 +65,9 @@ Hands that shed innocent blood, Feet that are swift in running to evil, 19. A false witness who speaks lies, -And one who sows discord among brethren.Beware of Adultery +And one who sows discord among brethren. +Beware of Adultery + 20. My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother. @@ -115,3 +121,4 @@ Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md index 452343c5..2620a06e 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Write them on the tablet of your heart. And call understanding your nearest kin, 5. That they may keep you from the immoral woman, -From the seductress who flatters with her words.The Crafty Harlot +From the seductress who flatters with her words. +The Crafty Harlot + 6. For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice, @@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ A young man devoid of understanding, 8. Passing along the street near her corner; And he took the path to her house + 9. In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night. @@ -86,3 +89,4 @@ And all who were slain by her were strong men. Descending to the chambers of death. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md index 134cb885..c2927f6b 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md @@ -114,3 +114,4 @@ And obtains favor from the Lord; All those who hate me love death." + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md index a35387e7..cc7fa7f7 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. And years of life will be added to you. 12. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, -And if you scoff, you will bear it alone."The Way of Folly +And if you scoff, you will bear it alone." +The Way of Folly + 13. A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing. @@ -57,3 +59,4 @@ And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." That her guests are in the depths of hell. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md index 74edd84f..b043e114 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md @@ -99,3 +99,4 @@ But the perverse tongue will be cut out. But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md index c5970907..f610ad2e 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md @@ -96,3 +96,4 @@ And he who wins souls is wise. How much more the ungodly and the sinner. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md index c443c37d..eaeb9869 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md @@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ But diligence is man's precious possession. And in its pathway there is no death. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md index 0675971f..87b7c51d 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md @@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ But he who loves him disciplines him promptly. But the stomach of the wicked shall be in want. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md index c71c825f..e126cf50 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ But sin is a reproach to any people. But his wrath is against him who causes shame. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md index e8453880..cf3b9b6d 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md @@ -101,3 +101,4 @@ But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding. And before honor is humility. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md index bb40512f..e65332b2 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md @@ -102,3 +102,4 @@ And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. But its every decision is from the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md index 5459b0d9..944abf31 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md @@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit. When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md index 73937272..01a50237 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ But the rich answers roughly. But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md index d0dafe76..fd5460e3 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ And the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. And beatings for the backs of fools. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md index e9c51ea1..9ee97060 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md @@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ And the splendor of old men is their gray head. As do stripes the inner depths of the heart. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md index 8bfffb55..9631d8b3 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md @@ -97,3 +97,4 @@ Or counsel against the Lord. But deliverance is of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md index 752feea1..6782f7e3 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md @@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there. The rod of correction will drive it far from him. 16. He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, -And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.Sayings of the Wise +And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty. +Sayings of the Wise + 17. Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge; @@ -92,3 +94,4 @@ He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md index 40c95c7b..c5473d2f 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md @@ -115,3 +115,4 @@ They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?" + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md index 9157a891..87a4a470 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md @@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ The lamp of the wicked will be put out. Do not associate with those given to change; 22. For their calamity will rise suddenly, -And who knows the ruin those two can bring?Further Sayings of the Wise +And who knows the ruin those two can bring? +Further Sayings of the Wise + 23. These things also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment. @@ -110,3 +112,4 @@ A little folding of the hands to rest; And your need like an armed man. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md index 2bfd5e88..15854c89 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ So to seek one's own glory is not glory. Is like a city broken down, without walls. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md index 37945274..246e6acd 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md @@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. And a flattering mouth works ruin. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md index 465e77d5..e12f8ca5 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md @@ -85,3 +85,4 @@ For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md index 62ffce39..59b94650 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md @@ -89,3 +89,4 @@ But he who hides his eyes will have many curses. But when they perish, the righteous increase. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md index 014c3027..213620ea 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md @@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ But justice for man comes from the Lord. And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md index 4f88a0c4..a664d8af 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md @@ -120,3 +120,4 @@ And wringing the nose produces blood, So the forcing of wrath produces strife. + diff --git a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md index 5d9864fa..3dee9c7f 100644 --- a/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ And remember his misery no more. In the cause of all who are appointed to die. 9. Open your mouth, judge righteously, -And plead the cause of the poor and needy.The Virtuous Wife +And plead the cause of the poor and needy. +The Virtuous Wife + 10. Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. @@ -97,3 +99,4 @@ But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. And let her own works praise her in the gates. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md index d7d84028..fd90f13b 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ It has already been in ancient times before us. 11. There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come -By those who will come after.The Grief of Wisdom +By those who will come after. +The Grief of Wisdom + 12. I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13. And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised. @@ -56,3 +58,4 @@ And what is lacking cannot be numbered. And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md index cb9261fe..408a71c1 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ And this was my reward from all my labor. 11. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. -There was no profit under the sun.The End of the Wise and the Fool +There was no profit under the sun. +The End of the Wise and the Fool + 12. Then I turned myself to consider wisdom and madness and folly; For what can the man do who succeeds the king?-- @@ -61,3 +63,4 @@ As the fool! 26. For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md index 60c00498..d5c389a3 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ And a time to speak; 8. A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, -And a time of peace.The God-Given Task +And a time of peace. +The God-Given Task + 9. What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? 10. I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. @@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ God does it, that men should fear before Him. 15. That which is has already been, And what is to be has already been; -And God requires an account of what is past.Injustice Seems to Prevail +And God requires an account of what is past. +Injustice Seems to Prevail + 16. Moreover I saw under the sun: In the place of judgment, @@ -73,3 +77,4 @@ For there is a time there for every purpose and for every work." 22. So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him? + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md index 9c4dd374..238c7652 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ But they have no comforter. More than the living who are still alive. 3. Yet, better than both is he who has never existed, -Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.The Vanity of Selfish Toil +Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. +The Vanity of Selfish Toil + 4. Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks, "For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?" -This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.The Value of a Friend +This also is vanity and a grave misfortune. +The Value of a Friend + 9. Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. @@ -42,7 +46,9 @@ For he has no one to help him up. But how can one be warm alone? 12. Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. -And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Popularity Passes Away +And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. +Popularity Passes Away + 13. Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. @@ -58,3 +64,4 @@ Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md index cda6c420..0e79081b 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Pay what you have vowed-- 5. Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. 6. Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands? -7. For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But fear God.The Vanity of Gain and Honor +7. For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But fear God. +The Vanity of Gain and Honor + 8. If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them. @@ -60,3 +62,4 @@ And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger. 20. For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md index d6040775..fb2b67a0 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ How is man the better? 12. For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun? + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md index f074f432..149a3b6f 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes." + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md index b64ec49f..4769b461 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Obey Authorities for God's Sake 1. Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, -And the sternness of his face is changed.Obey Authorities for God's Sake +And the sternness of his face is changed. +Obey Authorities for God's Sake + 2. I say, "Keep the king's commandment for the sake of your oath to God. 3. Do not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him." @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ And no one has power in the day of death. There is no release from that war, And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it. -9. All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.Death Comes to All +9. All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt. +Death Comes to All + 10. Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity. 11. Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it. 17. then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. For though a man labors to discover it, yet he will not find it; moreover, though a wise man attempts to know it, he will not be able to find it. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md index 64480ac6..2091f3b0 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md @@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ But time and chance happen to them all. Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, -When it falls suddenly upon them.Wisdom Superior to Folly +When it falls suddenly upon them. +Wisdom Superior to Folly + 13. This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me: 14. There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great snares around it. @@ -62,3 +64,4 @@ Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools. But one sinner destroys much good." + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md index a698e063..4b6bcd3c 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ For a bird of the air may carry your voice, And a bird in flight may tell the matter. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md index 464d0647..9bb8709a 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun; And rejoices in them all, Yet let him remember the days of darkness, For they will be many. -All that is coming is vanity.Seek God in Early Life +All that is coming is vanity. +Seek God in Early Life + 9. Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ And put away evil from your flesh, For childhood and youth are vanity. + diff --git a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md index 9b1ec3a9..23269c02 100644 --- a/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ Or the wheel broken at the well. And the spirit will return to God who gave it. 8. "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, -"All is vanity."The Whole Duty of Man +"All is vanity." +The Whole Duty of Man + 9. And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. 10. The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright--words of truth. @@ -54,3 +56,4 @@ Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil. + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md index 7b557990..48971c30 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Solomon's Love for a Shulamite Girl # Chapter 1 -1. The song of songs, which is Solomon's.The Banquet +1. The song of songs, which is Solomon's. +The Banquet + 2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- For your love is better than wine. @@ -69,3 +71,4 @@ Also our bed is green. And our rafters of fir. + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md index 391700c1..0bc8e01c 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ And his right hand embraces me. 7. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love -Until it pleases.The Beloved's Request +Until it pleases. +The Beloved's Request + 8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes @@ -77,3 +79,4 @@ Or a young stag Upon the mountains of Bether. + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md index b24b5c11..ac40a0fe 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ And into the chamber of her who conceived me. 5. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love -Until it pleases.The Coming of Solomon +Until it pleases. +The Coming of Solomon + 6. Who is this coming out of the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, @@ -56,3 +58,4 @@ On the day of his wedding, The day of the gladness of his heart. + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md index 029eb076..91c5cc35 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards. -9. You have ravished my heart, +9. +You have ravished my heart, My sister, my spouse; You have ravished my heart With one look of your eyes, @@ -86,3 +87,4 @@ Let my beloved come to his garden And eat its pleasant fruits. + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md index 42c53055..92526f91 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends! Drink, yes, drink deeply, -O beloved ones!The Shulamite's Troubled Evening +O beloved ones! +The Shulamite's Troubled Evening + 2. I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! @@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ Took my veil away from me. If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick! -9. What is your beloved +9. +What is your beloved More than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved @@ -87,3 +90,4 @@ And this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem! + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md index da5a1308..6d4cd2ee 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ And to gather lilies. 3. I am my beloved's, And my beloved is mine. -He feeds his flock among the lilies.Praise of the Shulamite's Beauty +He feeds his flock among the lilies. +Praise of the Shulamite's Beauty + 4. O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, Lovely as Jerusalem, @@ -65,3 +67,4 @@ What would you see in the Shulamite-- As it were, the dance of the two camps? + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md index 75c6a13c..3729297d 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ All manner, new and old, Which I have laid up for you, my beloved. + diff --git a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md index b13b7000..4b8fd0c6 100644 --- a/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ And his right hand embraces me. 4. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love -Until it pleases.Love Renewed in Lebanon +Until it pleases. +Love Renewed in Lebanon + 5. Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? @@ -75,3 +77,4 @@ Or a young stag On the mountains of spices. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md index c507a2a3..636fa05a 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Judah Called to Repentance # Chapter 1 -1. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.The Wickedness of Judah +1. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. +The Wickedness of Judah + 2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: @@ -101,7 +103,9 @@ You shall eat the good of the land; 20. But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; -For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.The Degenerate City +For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. +The Degenerate City + 21. How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; @@ -151,3 +155,4 @@ Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md index fe2e50c6..c18c80dc 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, -Neither shall they learn war anymore.The Day of the Lord +Neither shall they learn war anymore. +The Day of the Lord + 5. O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the Lord. @@ -98,3 +100,4 @@ Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he? + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md index df8adc37..897d4b01 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ For the reward of his hands shall be given him. 12. As for My people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, -And destroy the way of your paths."Oppression and Luxury Condemned +And destroy the way of your paths." +Oppression and Luxury Condemned + 13. The Lord stands up to plead, And stands to judge the people. @@ -111,3 +113,4 @@ And your mighty in the war. And she being desolate shall sit on the ground. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md index e77b2f38..d42fd720 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Jerusalem's Glorious Future 1. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, -To take away our reproach."The Renewal of Zion +To take away our reproach." +The Renewal of Zion + 2. In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing @@ -16,3 +18,4 @@ For those of Israel who have escaped. 6. And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md index 012c60e8..d2c36224 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ That they rain no rain on it." 7. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; -For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.Impending Judgment on Excesses +For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help. +Impending Judgment on Excesses + 8. Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, @@ -142,3 +144,4 @@ Behold, darkness and sorrow; And the light is darkened by the clouds. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md index f22ba2ea..e7c6c1ac 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ And He answered: The houses are without a man, The land is utterly desolate, -12. The Lord has removed men far away, +12. +The Lord has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13. But yet a tenth will be in it, @@ -55,3 +56,4 @@ Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md index daec3e91..5405d8ee 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ So that it will not be a people. 9. The head of Ephraim is Samaria, And the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, -Surely you shall not be established." ' "The Immanuel Prophecy +Surely you shall not be established." ' " +The Immanuel Prophecy + 10. Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11. "Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above." @@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md index 38e2182e..764ac149 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces. 10. Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, -For God is with us."Fear God, Heed His Word +For God is with us." +Fear God, Heed His Word + 11. For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: @@ -72,3 +74,4 @@ Who dwells in Mount Zion. 22. Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md index b9c0b40c..c292687d 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. -The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.The Punishment of Samaria +The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. +The Punishment of Samaria + 8. The Lord sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel. @@ -104,3 +106,4 @@ For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md index 84e420f1..cf9f65c3 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Assyria Shall Be Broken Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed + 2. To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, @@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ And where will you leave your glory? 4. Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain." For all this His anger is not turned away, -But His hand is stretched out still.Arrogant Assyria Also Judged +But His hand is stretched out still. +Arrogant Assyria Also Judged + 5. "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation. @@ -84,7 +87,9 @@ And they will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19. Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number -That a child may write them.The Returning Remnant of Israel +That a child may write them. +The Returning Remnant of Israel + 20. And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, @@ -143,3 +148,4 @@ And the haughty will be humbled. And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md index 25035af6..6a1976b8 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md @@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ As it was for Israel In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md index e9a536c3..8fd7e751 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ This is known in all the earth. For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!" + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md index c56503b0..e4233a97 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md @@ -97,3 +97,4 @@ Her time is near to come, And her days will not be prolonged." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md index 5be90964..e72acf45 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Mercy on Jacob # Chapter 14 1. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob. -2. Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors.Fall of the King of Babylon +2. Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors. +Fall of the King of Babylon + 3. It shall come to pass in the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve, 4. that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: @@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ Have you become like us? 11. Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, -And worms cover you.'The Fall of Lucifer +And worms cover you.' +The Fall of Lucifer + 12. "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! @@ -85,7 +89,9 @@ The brood of evildoers shall never be named. 21. Prepare slaughter for his children Because of the iniquity of their fathers, Lest they rise up and possess the land, -And fill the face of the world with cities."Babylon Destroyed +And fill the face of the world with cities." +Babylon Destroyed + 22. "For I will rise up against them," says the Lord of hosts, "And cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, @@ -93,7 +99,9 @@ And offspring and posterity," says the Lord. 23. "I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, And marshes of muddy water; -I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," says the Lord of hosts.Assyria Destroyed +I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," says the Lord of hosts. +Assyria Destroyed + 24. The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, @@ -110,7 +118,9 @@ And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. 27. For the Lord of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, -And who will turn it back?"Philistia Destroyed +And who will turn it back?" +Philistia Destroyed + 28. This is the burden which came in the year that King Ahaz died. @@ -134,3 +144,4 @@ That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md index fa86df9a..3e909a5e 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md @@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ Lions upon him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of the land." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md index 304a8f03..5e79cb1d 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md @@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ But he will not prevail. 14. But now the Lord has spoken, saying, "Within three years, as the years of a hired man, the glory of Moab will be despised with all that great multitude, and the remnant will be very small and feeble." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md index 0c0625c7..f5a33d27 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md @@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who rob us. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md index 66f25a68..3a471e79 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, To Mount Zion. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md index 84f2bdfe..2071cfac 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ Which the head or tail, Palm branch or bulrush, may do. 16. In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He waves over it. -17. And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has determined against it.Egypt, Assyria, and Israel Blessed +17. And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has determined against it. +Egypt, Assyria, and Israel Blessed + 18. In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. @@ -82,3 +84,4 @@ Palm branch or bulrush, may do. 25. whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md index d7fd5b02..5c0c4c86 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md @@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia 6. And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, 'Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?' " + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md index df1df907..c9c39699 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md @@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ He has broken to the ground." 10. Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, -I have declared to you.Proclamation Against Edom +I have declared to you. +Proclamation Against Edom + 11. The burden against Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, @@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ Watchman, what of the night?" 12. The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; -Return! Come back!"Proclamation Against Arabia +Return! Come back!" +Proclamation Against Arabia + 13. The burden against Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, @@ -74,3 +78,4 @@ From the bent bow, and from the distress of war. 17. and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md index b35d81ae..dc801878 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ Eating meat and drinking wine: 14. Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts, "Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, -Even to your death," says the Lord God of hosts.The Judgment on Shebna +Even to your death," says the Lord God of hosts. +The Judgment on Shebna + 15. Thus says the Lord God of hosts: "Go, proceed to this steward, @@ -104,3 +106,4 @@ And he will become a glorious throne to his father's house. 25. In that day,' says the Lord of hosts, 'the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md index 3d5ee3dd..f0989500 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Whose feet carried her far off to dwell? Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth? -9. The Lord of hosts has purposed it, +9. +The Lord of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. @@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ They set up its towers, They raised up its palaces, And brought it to ruin. -14. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! +14. +Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste. 15. Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: @@ -75,3 +77,4 @@ That you may be remembered." 18. Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the Lord; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md index e03d9580..b307b027 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md @@ -104,3 +104,4 @@ On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem And before His elders, gloriously. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md index 4286bd33..01ae956f 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md @@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ He will bring down, lay low, And bring to the ground, down to the dust. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md index 96ed5995..61c8ee1a 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. 12. Lord, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us. -13. O Lord our God, masters besides You +13. +O Lord our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. @@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish. -15. You have increased the nation, O Lord, +15. You have increased the nation, +O Lord, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land. @@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them. 17. As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, -So have we been in Your sight, O Lord. +So have we been in Your sight, +O Lord. 18. We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; @@ -83,7 +86,9 @@ Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen. Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, -And the earth shall cast out the dead.Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment +And the earth shall cast out the dead. +Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment + 20. Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; @@ -96,3 +101,4 @@ The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md index b6aaf430..408e3186 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Israel Will Be Restored 1. In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; -And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.The Restoration of Israel +And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. +The Restoration of Israel + 2. In that day sing to her, "A vineyard of red wine! @@ -66,3 +68,4 @@ And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md index 7faef438..d58157a0 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md @@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ And with Sheol we are in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, It will not come to us, For we have made lies our refuge, -And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves."A Cornerstone in Zion +And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves." +A Cornerstone in Zion + 16. Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, @@ -102,7 +104,9 @@ And bring to pass His act, His unusual act. 22. Now therefore, do not be mockers, Lest your bonds be made strong; For I have heard from the Lord God of hosts, -A destruction determined even upon the whole earth.Listen to the Teaching of God +A destruction determined even upon the whole earth. +Listen to the Teaching of God + 23. Give ear and hear my voice, Listen and hear my speech. @@ -134,3 +138,4 @@ Or crush it with his horsemen. Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md index 9047b4dc..7616522a 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ And look--he drinks; But he awakes, and indeed he is faint, And his soul still craves: So the multitude of all the nations shall be, -Who fight against Mount Zion."The Blindness of Disobedience +Who fight against Mount Zion." +The Blindness of Disobedience + 9. Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! @@ -82,7 +84,9 @@ Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, "He did not make me"? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, -"He has no understanding"?Future Recovery of Wisdom +"He has no understanding"? +Future Recovery of Wisdom + 17. Is it not yet a very little while Till Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, @@ -117,3 +121,4 @@ And fear the God of Israel. And those who complained will learn doctrine." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md index 818a0088..db3efbf4 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ To a people who shall not profit; 7. For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. Therefore I have called her -Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.A Rebellious People +Rahab-Hem-Shebeth. +A Rebellious People + 8. Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, @@ -83,7 +85,9 @@ Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift! 17. One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, At the threat of five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain -And as a banner on a hill.God Will Be Gracious +And as a banner on a hill. +God Will Be Gracious + 18. Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. @@ -131,7 +135,9 @@ When the towers fall. And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people -And heals the stroke of their wound.Judgment on Assyria +And heals the stroke of their wound. +Judgment on Assyria + 27. Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar, Burning with His anger, @@ -174,3 +180,4 @@ The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles it. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md index 27ef4622..132ac0c9 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; -They all will perish together.God Will Deliver Jerusalem +They all will perish together. +God Will Deliver Jerusalem + 4. For thus the Lord has spoken to me: "As a lion roars, @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ Whose fire is in Zion And whose furnace is in Jerusalem. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md index 8ede19b7..8feb7082 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice. 8. But a generous man devises generous things, -And by generosity he shall stand.Consequences of Complacency +And by generosity he shall stand. +Consequences of Complacency + 9. Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; @@ -61,7 +63,9 @@ A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks-- 15. Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, -And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.The Peace of God's Reign +And the fruitful field is counted as a forest. +The Peace of God's Reign + 16. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. @@ -79,3 +83,4 @@ And the city is brought low in humiliation. Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md index dec1aa15..7abc498c 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them. -5. The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; +5. +The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6. Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, @@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ He regards no man. 9. The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, -And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.Impending Judgment on Zion +And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. +Impending Judgment on Zion + 10. "Now I will rise," says the Lord; "Now I will be exalted, @@ -70,7 +73,9 @@ And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16. He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, -His water will be sure.The Land of the Majestic King +His water will be sure. +The Land of the Majestic King + 17. Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off. @@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ A place of broad rivers and streams, In which no galley with oars will sail, Nor majestic ships pass by + 22. (For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; @@ -110,3 +116,4 @@ The lame take the prey. The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md index 6856398c..e8b94323 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md @@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ They shall possess it forever; From generation to generation they shall dwell in it." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md index c0c6d29b..52eadf40 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md index d75e305b..9ad31028 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord 22. Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md index b2cd08b4..6603659f 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md @@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.' "Sennacherib's Defeat and Deat 38. Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md index 5cabf255..dda3b5e7 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth. As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children. -20. "The Lord was ready to save me; +20. " +The Lord was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord." @@ -73,3 +74,4 @@ All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord." 22. And Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?" + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md index 886b4796..d375e9c7 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing 8. So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!" For he said, "At least there will be peace and truth in my days." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md index acd62b86..ba86d39c 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md @@ -147,3 +147,4 @@ They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md index c826e4ac..9b7a0a08 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Israel Assured of God's Help +Israel Assured of God's +Help # Chapter 41 1. "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, @@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ By the way that he had not gone with his feet? 4. Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? -'I, the Lord, am the first; +' +I, the Lord, am the first; And with the last I am He.' " 5. The coastlands saw it and feared, @@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing. -13. For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, +13. For +I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.' 14. "Fear not, you worm Jacob, @@ -97,7 +100,9 @@ And the box tree together, 20. That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the Lord has done this, -And the Holy One of Israel has created it.The Futility of Idols +And the Holy One of Israel has created it. +The Futility of Idols + 21. "Present your case," says the Lord. "Bring forth your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob. @@ -142,3 +147,4 @@ Their works are nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md index 92e9c5ce..63b00a58 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ Nor My praise to carved images. 9. Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; -Before they spring forth I tell you of them."Praise to the Lord +Before they spring forth I tell you of them." +Praise to the Lord + 10. Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, @@ -56,7 +58,11 @@ And declare His praise in the coastlands. 13. The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; -He shall prevail against His enemies.Promise of the Lord's Help +He shall prevail against His enemies. +Promise of the Lord's +Help + + 14. "I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. @@ -90,7 +96,9 @@ Who is blind as he who is perfect, And blind as the Lord's servant? 20. Seeing many things, but you do not observe; -Opening the ears, but he does not hear."Israel's Obstinate Disobedience +Opening the ears, but he does not hear." +Israel's Obstinate Disobedience + 21. The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable. @@ -118,3 +126,4 @@ And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md index 5a803c6d..45717e5c 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md @@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen. 21. This people I have formed for Myself; -They shall declare My praise.Pleading with Unfaithful Israel +They shall declare My praise. +Pleading with Unfaithful Israel + 22. "But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And you have been weary of Me, O Israel. @@ -129,3 +131,4 @@ I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md index dc15897d..ce1c5445 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Like willows by the watercourses.' 5. One will say, 'I am the Lord's'; Another will call himself by the name of Jacob; Another will write with his hand, 'The Lord's,' -And name himself by the name of Israel.There Is No Other God +And name himself by the name of Israel. +There Is No Other God + 6. "Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: @@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; -I know not one.' "Idolatry Is Foolishness +I know not one.' " +Idolatry Is Foolishness + 9. Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; @@ -107,7 +111,9 @@ Shall I fall down before a block of wood?" 20. He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, -Nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"Israel Is Not Forgotten +Nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?" +Israel Is Not Forgotten + 21. "Remember these, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; @@ -123,7 +129,9 @@ Shout, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, -And glorified Himself in Israel.Judah Will Be Restored +And glorified Himself in Israel. +Judah Will Be Restored + 24. Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: @@ -151,3 +159,4 @@ Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid." ' + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md index ea86244e..fbc8d3de 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ And cut the bars of iron. 3. I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, -That you may know that I, the Lord, +That you may know that +I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel. @@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me. -5. I am the Lord, and there is no other; +5. +I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me, @@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ And I will direct all his ways; He shall build My city And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor reward," -Says the Lord of hosts.The Lord, the Only Savior +Says the Lord of hosts. +The Lord, the Only Savior + 14. Thus says the Lord: "The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush @@ -98,7 +102,8 @@ Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: -"I am the Lord, and there is no other. +" +I am the Lord, and there is no other. 19. I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; @@ -118,7 +123,8 @@ And pray to a god that cannot save. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? -Have not I, the Lord? +Have not +I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me. @@ -143,3 +149,4 @@ Who are incensed against Him. Shall be justified, and shall glory.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md index 23b5a63b..95d137dd 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md @@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md index 35f1f247..45f6f556 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md @@ -89,3 +89,4 @@ They shall wander each one to his quarter. No one shall save you. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md index 96ff6fc8..894252dc 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11. For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? -And I will not give My glory to another.God's Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel +And I will not give My glory to another. +God's Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel + 12. "Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called: @@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing, Declare, proclaim this, Utter it to the end of the earth; -Say, "The Lord has redeemed +Say, " +The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob!" 21. And they did not thirst @@ -110,3 +113,4 @@ He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out. 22. "There is no peace," says the Lord, "for the wicked." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md index 71331ba6..902335a2 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md @@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ And these from the land of Sinim." Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, -And will have mercy on His afflicted.God Will Remember Zion +And will have mercy on His afflicted. +God Will Remember Zion + 14. But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me." @@ -145,3 +147,4 @@ That I, the Lord, am your Savior, And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md index afebf8ee..71fd5bcb 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md @@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ This you shall have from My hand: You shall lie down in torment. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md index 55e48644..f27fac9d 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md @@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ The Lord of hosts is His name. I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, -And say to Zion, 'You are My people.' "God's Fury Removed +And say to Zion, 'You are My people.' " +God's Fury Removed + 17. Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, @@ -134,3 +136,4 @@ And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md index 5cfff00f..e8d8da9a 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md @@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ You who bear the vessels of the Lord. 12. For you shall not go out with haste, Nor go by flight; For the Lord will go before you, -And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.The Sin-Bearing Servant +And the God of Israel will be your rear guard. +The Sin-Bearing Servant + 13. Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. @@ -80,3 +82,4 @@ For what had not been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md index bd40d7f6..08f1d3f2 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md @@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md index 8dd654d8..2b3939b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md @@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ And their righteousness is from Me," Says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md index 7178309d..02fabe70 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md index e560ef34..33f11c0e 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." 8. The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet I will gather to him -Others besides those who are gathered to him."Israel's Irresponsible Leaders +Others besides those who are gathered to him." +Israel's Irresponsible Leaders + 9. All you beasts of the field, come to devour, All you beasts in the forest. @@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ Tomorrow will be as today, And much more abundant." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md index 3fab5092..7c594ab2 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md @@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ Let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away, A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land, -And shall inherit My holy mountain."Healing for the Backslider +And shall inherit My holy mountain." +Healing for the Backslider + 14. And one shall say, "Heap it up! Heap it up! @@ -114,3 +116,4 @@ Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Says my God, "for the wicked." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md index f935eb24..1d291fcd 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md @@ -82,3 +82,4 @@ And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the Lord has spoken." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md index de4f0223..96ee3aed 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ Wasting and destruction are in their paths. 8. The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; -Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.Sin Confessed +Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. +Sin Confessed + 9. Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; @@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. 15. So truth fails, -And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.The Redeemer of Zion +And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. +The Redeemer of Zion Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. @@ -102,3 +105,4 @@ Says the Lord. 21. "As for Me," says the Lord, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the Lord, "from this time and forevermore." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md index 300a7a28..8095571e 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ A joy of many generations. 16. You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles, And milk the breast of kings; -You shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior +You shall know that +I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 17. "Instead of bronze I will bring gold, @@ -89,7 +90,9 @@ And your magistrates righteousness. 18. Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call your walls Salvation, -And your gates Praise.God the Glory of His People +And your gates Praise. +God the Glory of His People + 19. "The sun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; @@ -112,3 +115,4 @@ And a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time." + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md index f449ae10..1736820b 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md index b21aa242..c9d082cc 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md @@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ And you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md index 1978d3a4..6738f065 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ And My own fury, it sustained Me. 6. I have trodden down the peoples in My anger, Made them drunk in My fury, -And brought down their strength to the earth."God's Mercy Remembered +And brought down their strength to the earth." +God's Mercy Remembered + 7. I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord And the praises of the Lord, @@ -69,7 +71,9 @@ That they might not stumble?" 14. As a beast goes down into the valley, And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest, So You lead Your people, -To make Yourself a glorious name.A Prayer of Penitence +To make Yourself a glorious name. +A Prayer of Penitence + 15. Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. @@ -95,3 +99,4 @@ Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary. Those who were never called by Your name. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md index fa6c0a40..06ee4a87 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -A Prayer for Help +A Prayer for +Help # Chapter 64 1. Oh, that You would rend the heavens! @@ -58,3 +59,4 @@ And all our pleasant things are laid waste. Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md index b124de6d..15ff1bbf 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md @@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, -And because they are hidden from My eyes.The Glorious New Creation +And because they are hidden from My eyes. +The Glorious New Creation + 17. "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. @@ -127,3 +129,4 @@ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md index 1f209991..06211324 100644 --- a/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md +++ b/NKJV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, -And chose that in which I do not delight."The Lord Vindicates Zion +And chose that in which I do not delight." +The Lord Vindicates Zion + 5. Hear the word of the Lord, You who tremble at His word: @@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ And be dandled on her knees. 13. As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; -And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."The Reign and Indignation of God +And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem." +The Reign and Indignation of God + 14. When you see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; @@ -117,3 +121,4 @@ And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md index 204a8f9e..feff95fc 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Jeremiah Called to Be a Priest # Chapter 1 1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2. to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. -3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.The Prophet Is Called +3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. +The Prophet Is Called + 4. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: @@ -74,3 +76,4 @@ But they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you," says the Lord, "to deliver you." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md index 401e3736..51ed4271 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md @@ -172,3 +172,4 @@ For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies, And you will not prosper by them. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md index 5496503b..3aa9cb3d 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ You refuse to be ashamed. 5. Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, -As you were able."A Call to Repentance +As you were able." +A Call to Repentance + 6. The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. 7. And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. @@ -97,3 +99,4 @@ From our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md index fb8e2386..9f3f0e3e 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ And take away the foreskins of your hearts, You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury come forth like fire, And burn so that no one can quench it, -Because of the evil of your doings."An Imminent Invasion +Because of the evil of your doings." +An Imminent Invasion + 5. Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: "Blow the trumpet in the land; @@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ Because she has been rebellious against Me," says the Lord. Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, -Because it reaches to your heart."Sorrow for the Doomed Nation +Because it reaches to your heart." +Sorrow for the Doomed Nation + 19. O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! @@ -160,3 +164,4 @@ She spreads her hands, saying, Because of murderers!' + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md index 306a2bfa..16681fff 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md @@ -149,3 +149,4 @@ And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md index e0d49e98..c79509e5 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md @@ -151,3 +151,4 @@ For the wicked are not drawn off. Because the Lord has rejected them." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md index 15ae303f..906e9714 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Trusting in Lying Words 25. Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. 26. Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers. -27. "Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.Judgment on Obscene Religion +27. "Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you. +Judgment on Obscene Religion + 28. "So you shall say to them, 'This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. 29. Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.' @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ Trusting in Lying Words 34. Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md index 49c2866c..3ac09605 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Jeremiah Mourns for His People # Chapter 8 1. "At that time," says the Lord, "they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. 2. They shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked, which they have sought and which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered nor buried; they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. -3. Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them," says the Lord of hosts.The Peril of False Teaching +3. Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them," says the Lord of hosts. +The Peril of False Teaching + 4. "Moreover you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: "Will they fall and not rise? @@ -78,7 +80,9 @@ The city and those who dwell in it." 17. "For behold, I will send serpents among you, Vipers which cannot be charmed, -And they shall bite you," says the Lord.The Prophet Mourns for the People +And they shall bite you," says the Lord. +The Prophet Mourns for the People + 18. I would comfort myself in sorrow; My heart is faint in me. @@ -106,3 +110,4 @@ Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people? + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md index 50d0d7cb..1b7456df 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md @@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant." 13. And the Lord said, "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14. but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them," 15. therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. -16. I will scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them."The People Mourn in Judgment +16. I will scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them." +The People Mourn in Judgment + 17. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider and call for the mourning women, @@ -107,3 +109,4 @@ For in these I delight," says the Lord. 26. Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md index 89a41dce..52160322 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md @@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ In the time of their punishment they shall perish. 16. The Portion of Jacob is not like them, For He is the Maker of all things, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; -The Lord of hosts is His name.The Coming Captivity of Judah +The Lord of hosts is His name. +The Coming Captivity of Judah + 17. Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitant of the fortress! @@ -117,3 +119,4 @@ Devoured him and consumed him, And made his dwelling place desolate. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md index cd3d7b61..6fa027ee 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ With the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire on it, And its branches are broken. -17. "For the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal."Jeremiah's Life Threatened +17. "For the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal." +Jeremiah's Life Threatened + 18. Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings. 19. But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more." @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ For to You I have revealed my cause. 23. and there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their punishment.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md index 6497f3e1..f0745ef6 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ And prepare them for the day of slaughter. And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, -Because they said, "He will not see our final end."The Lord Answers Jeremiah +Because they said, "He will not see our final end." +The Lord Answers Jeremiah + 5. "If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? @@ -73,3 +75,4 @@ Because of the fierce anger of the Lord." 17. But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation," says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md index b1b9d940..0ac5c8ec 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md @@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ Symbol of the Linen Sash 8. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9. "Thus says the Lord: 'In this manner I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10. This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who follow the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing. -11. For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,' says the Lord, 'that they may become My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.'Symbol of the Wine Bottles +11. For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,' says the Lord, 'that they may become My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.' +Symbol of the Wine Bottles + 12. "Therefore you shall speak to them this word: 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Every bottle shall be filled with wine." ' "And they will say to you, 'Do we not certainly know that every bottle will be filled with wine?' 13. "Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land--even the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem--with drunkenness! -14. And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together," says the Lord. "I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them." ' "Pride Precedes Captivity +14. And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together," says the Lord. "I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them." ' " +Pride Precedes Captivity + 15. Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, @@ -89,3 +93,4 @@ Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?" + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md index a6c026c2..d89c8f4e 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow. Then behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then behold, those sick from famine! -Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.' "The People Plead for Mercy +Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.' " +The People Plead for Mercy + 19. Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? @@ -90,3 +92,4 @@ Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md index b0b33f7f..ade9ba89 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ Her sun has gone down While it was yet day; She has been ashamed and confounded. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword -Before their enemies," says the Lord.Jeremiah's Dejection +Before their enemies," says the Lord. +Jeremiah's Dejection + 10. Woe is me, my mother, That you have borne me, @@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ Into a land which you do not know; For a fire is kindled in My anger, Which shall burn upon you." -15. O Lord, You know; +15. +O Lord, You know; Remember me and visit me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In Your enduring patience, do not take me away. @@ -84,7 +87,9 @@ For You have filled me with indignation. And my wound incurable, Which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, -As waters that fail?The Lord Reassures Jeremiah +As waters that fail? +The Lord Reassures Jeremiah + 19. Therefore thus says the Lord: "If you return, @@ -105,3 +110,4 @@ And deliver you," says the Lord. And I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md index 7a58225c..f70d8448 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Jeremiah's Lifestyle and Message 10. "And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, 'Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?' 11. then you shall say to them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken Me,' says the Lord; 'they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My law. 12. And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me. -13. Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.'God Will Restore Israel +13. Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.' +God Will Restore Israel 14. "Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the Lord, "that it shall no more be said, 'The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,' 15. but, 'The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.' For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers. @@ -41,3 +42,4 @@ My hand and My might; And they shall know that My name is the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md index 5467b9e9..62f2b104 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md @@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ All who forsake You shall be ashamed. "Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the Lord, -The fountain of living waters."Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance +The fountain of living waters." +Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance + 14. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, @@ -85,7 +87,9 @@ But do not let me be put to shame; Let them be dismayed, But do not let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of doom, -And destroy them with double destruction!Hallow the Sabbath Day +And destroy them with double destruction! +Hallow the Sabbath Day + 19. Thus the Lord said to me: "Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20. and say to them, 'Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. @@ -100,3 +104,4 @@ And destroy them with double destruction!Hallow the Sabbath Day 27. "But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md index 08144727..e4c2168f 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The Potter and the Clay 9. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10. if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it. -11. "Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good." ' "God's Warning Rejected +11. "Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good." ' " +God's Warning Rejected + 12. And they said, "That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart." @@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ And shake his head. 17. I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face -In the day of their calamity."Jeremiah Persecuted +In the day of their calamity." +Jeremiah Persecuted + 18. Then they said, "Come and let us devise plans 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 attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words." @@ -74,3 +78,4 @@ Deal thus with them In the time of Your anger. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md index 0879aee2..d9c5aeba 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ The Sign of the Broken Flask 15. "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I will bring on this city and on all her towns all the doom that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks that they might not hear My words.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md index 7f0d4032..3dab8057 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Word of God to Pashhur 3. And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-Missabib. 4. For thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon and slay them with the sword. 5. Moreover I will deliver all the wealth of this city, all its produce, and all its precious things; all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, who will plunder them, seize them, and carry them to Babylon. -6. And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. You shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and be buried there, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.' "Jeremiah's Unpopular Ministry +6. And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. You shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and be buried there, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.' " +Jeremiah's Unpopular Ministry + 7. O Lord, You induced me, and I was persuaded; You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. @@ -70,3 +72,4 @@ And her womb always enlarged with me. That my days should be consumed with shame? + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md index 96bab2f4..a749f8bd 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Jerusalem's Doom Is Sealed 8. "Now you shall say to this people, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9. He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him. -10. For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good," says the Lord. "It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire." 'Message to the House of David +10. For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good," says the Lord. "It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire." ' +Message to the House of David + 11. "And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, 12. O house of David! Thus says the Lord: @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ Or who shall enter our dwellings?' And it shall devour all things around it." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md index 265c9bcf..402c866d 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Prophecies Against the Kings of Judah # Chapter 22 1. Thus says the Lord: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word, -2. and say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates! +2. and say, ' +Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates! 3. Thus says the Lord: "Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. 4. For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David. 5. But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself," says the Lord, "that this house shall become a desolation." ' " @@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ And cast them into the fire. 10. Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him; Weep bitterly for him who goes away, For he shall return no more, -Nor see his native country.Message to the Sons of Josiah +Nor see his native country. +Message to the Sons of Josiah + 11. For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went from this place: "He shall not return here anymore, 12. but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. @@ -79,7 +82,9 @@ For all your wickedness. 23. O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, -Like the pain of a woman in labor?Message to Coniah +Like the pain of a woman in labor? +Message to Coniah + 24. "As I live," says the Lord, "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off; 25. and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you fear--the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of the Chaldeans. @@ -102,3 +107,4 @@ Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling anymore in Judah.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md index 7cba690f..d36d7da4 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7. "Therefore, behold, the days are coming," says the Lord, "that they shall no longer say, 'As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,' -8. but, 'As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.' And they shall dwell in their own land."False Prophets and Empty Oracles +8. but, 'As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.' And they shall dwell in their own land." +False Prophets and Empty Oracles + 9. My heart within me is broken Because of the prophets; @@ -123,3 +125,4 @@ What is the chaff to the wheat?" says the Lord. 40. And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md index 2b2727c6..97e0805a 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md @@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot 10. And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md index 343d0676..59eb637b 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Seventy Years of Desolation 12. 'Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,' says the Lord; 'and I will make it a perpetual desolation. 13. So I will bring on that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied concerning all the nations. -14. (For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)' "Judgment on the Nations +14. (For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)' " +Judgment on the Nations + 15. For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: "Take this wine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16. And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them." @@ -78,3 +80,4 @@ Because of the fierceness of the Oppressor, And because of His fierce anger." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md index 1cc66241..20983314 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Like the bare hills of the forest." ' 24. Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md index 064d1989..376d07e7 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Symbol of the Bonds and Yokes 22. 'They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them,' says the Lord. 'Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md index c4fd29d1..e95a9939 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Hananiah's Falsehood and Doom 17. So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md index 42aa26a3..6bfec5b5 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Jeremiah's Letter to the Captives 32. therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his family: he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for My people, says the Lord, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md index c6a1716a..803c8003 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md @@ -111,3 +111,4 @@ And until He has performed the intents of His heart. In the latter days you will consider it. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md index e16bb973..af2d2290 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, 'He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.' -11. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, +11. +For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he. 12. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, @@ -68,7 +69,9 @@ Will comfort them, And make them rejoice rather than sorrow. 14. I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, -And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord."Mercy on Ephraim +And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord." +Mercy on Ephraim + 15. Thus says the Lord: "A voice was heard in Ramah, @@ -114,7 +117,9 @@ Turn back to these your cities. 22. How long will you gad about, O you backsliding daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth-- -A woman shall encompass a man."Future Prosperity of Judah +A woman shall encompass a man." +Future Prosperity of Judah + 23. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: 'The Lord bless you, O home of justice, and mountain of holiness!' 24. And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers and those going out with flocks. @@ -128,7 +133,9 @@ A woman shall encompass a man."Future Prosperity of Judah 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.' -30. But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.A New Covenant +30. But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. +A New Covenant + 31. "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah-- 32. not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. @@ -158,3 +165,4 @@ For all that they have done, says the Lord. 40. And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the Lord. It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md index 881ef78c..cc909aba 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Jeremiah Buys a Field 13. "Then I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14. 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days." -15. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land." 'Jeremiah Prays for Understanding +15. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land." ' +Jeremiah Prays for Understanding + 16. "Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17. 'Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Jeremiah Buys a Field 23. And they came in and took possession of it, but they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them. 24. 'Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! -25. And You have said to me, O Lord God, "Buy the field for money, and take witnesses"!--yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.' "God's Assurance of the People's Return +25. And You have said to me, O Lord God, "Buy the field for money, and take witnesses"!--yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.' " +God's Assurance of the People's Return + 26. Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 27. "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? @@ -54,3 +58,4 @@ Jeremiah Buys a Field 44. Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captives to return,' says the Lord." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md index 25ca090c..b4be7cb9 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.' 17. "For thus says the Lord: 'David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; -18. nor shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man to offer burnt offerings before Me, to kindle grain offerings, and to sacrifice continually.' "The Permanence of God's Covenant +18. nor shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man to offer burnt offerings before Me, to kindle grain offerings, and to sacrifice continually.' " +The Permanence of God's Covenant + 19. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 20. "Thus says the Lord: 'If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season, @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.' 26. then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md index 1b11b326..0e207a68 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Zedekiah Warned by God 5. You shall die in peace; as in the ceremonies of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they shall burn incense for you and lament for you, saying, "Alas, lord!" For I have pronounced the word, says the Lord.' " 6. Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, -7. when the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah; for only these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.Treacherous Treatment of Slaves +7. when the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah; for only these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah. +Treacherous Treatment of Slaves + 8. This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them: 9. that every man should set free his male and female slave--a Hebrew man or woman--that no one should keep a Jewish brother in bondage. @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ Zedekiah Warned by God 22. Behold, I will command,' says the Lord, 'and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md index a6a7575b..8622adc1 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ The Obedient Rechabites 19. therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before Me forever." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md index 43e00cf9..1644c03d 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Scroll Read in the Temple 8. And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house. 9. Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem. -10. Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people.The Scroll Read in the Palace +10. Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people. +The Scroll Read in the Palace + 11. When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the book, 12. he then went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber; and there all the princes were sitting--Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ The Scroll Read in the Temple 18. So Baruch answered them, "He proclaimed with his mouth all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book." -19. Then the princes said to Baruch, "Go and hide, you and Jeremiah; and let no one know where you are."The King Destroys Jeremiah's Scroll +19. Then the princes said to Baruch, "Go and hide, you and Jeremiah; and let no one know where you are." +The King Destroys Jeremiah's Scroll + 20. And they went to the king, into the court; but they stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the hearing of the king. 21. So the king sent Jehudi to bring the scroll, and he took it from Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and in the hearing of all the princes who stood beside the king. @@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ The Scroll Read in the Temple 23. And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe's knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 24. Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words. 25. Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah implored the king not to burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them. -26. And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.Jeremiah Rewrites the Scroll +26. And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them. +Jeremiah Rewrites the Scroll + 27. Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words which Baruch had written at the instruction of Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: 28. "Take yet another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. @@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ The Scroll Read in the Temple 32. Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the instruction of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And besides, there were added to them many similar words. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md index d795b0f2..a137bdcb 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Zedekiah's Vain Hope 7. "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Thus you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: "Behold, Pharaoh's army which has come up to help you will return to Egypt, to their own land. 8. And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it and burn it with fire." ' 9. Thus says the Lord: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us," for they will not depart. -10. For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.' "Jeremiah Imprisoned +10. For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.' " +Jeremiah Imprisoned + 11. And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans left the siege of Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12. that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people. @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ And Jeremiah said, "There is." Then he said, "You shall be delivered into the ha 21. Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md index 5d81f191..f8197d90 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Jeremiah in the Dungeon 10. Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, "Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies." 11. So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by ropes into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12. Then Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Please put these old clothes and rags under your armpits, under the ropes." And Jeremiah did so. -13. So they pulled Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.Zedekiah's Fears and Jeremiah's Advice +13. So they pulled Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. +Zedekiah's Fears and Jeremiah's Advice + 14. Then Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance of the house of the Lord. And the king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me." @@ -47,3 +49,4 @@ And they have turned away again." 28. Now Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And he was there when Jerusalem was taken. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md index 54ac6d4d..a0fafad0 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Fall of Jerusalem 7. Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon. 8. And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9. Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who defected to him, with the rest of the people who remained. -10. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.Jeremiah Goes Free +10. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. +Jeremiah Goes Free + 11. Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 12. "Take him and look after him, and do him no harm; but do to him just as he says to you." @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ The Fall of Jerusalem 18. For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me," says the Lord.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md index f2ca3c9d..62f2d519 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Jeremiah with Gedaliah the Governor 16. But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely concerning Ishmael." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md index d1ad2fac..45acd346 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Insurrection Against Gedaliah 18. because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md index d2cbf6bb..d03ecf43 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ The Flight to Egypt Forbidden 22. Now therefore, know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to dwell." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md index 17b08f92..970ec00e 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ Jeremiah Taken to Egypt 13. He shall also break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md index e720bd8f..359d7871 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Israelites Will Be Punished in Egypt 30. "Thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md index 163094dd..5c04a516 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Assurance to Baruch 5. And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh," says the Lord. "But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md index f9d70f4b..65bb4891 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ You shall not be cured. 12. The nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land; For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty; -They both have fallen together."Babylonia Will Strike Egypt +They both have fallen together." +Babylonia Will Strike Egypt + 13. The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and strike the land of Egypt. @@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ She shall be delivered into the hand Of the people of the north." 25. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings--Pharaoh and those who trust in him. -26. And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old," says the Lord.God Will Preserve Israel +26. And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old," says the Lord. +God Will Preserve Israel 27. "But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, And do not be dismayed, O Israel! @@ -130,3 +133,4 @@ I will rightly correct you, For I will not leave you wholly unpunished." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md index e8a8d1e4..86d87538 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md index 955527b5..e5cde1fb 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md @@ -213,3 +213,4 @@ In the latter days," says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md index ea2b644c..3e1dddb7 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ You shall be driven out, everyone headlong, And no one will gather those who wander off. 6. But afterward I will bring back -The captives of the people of Ammon," says the Lord.Judgment on Edom +The captives of the people of Ammon," says the Lord. +Judgment on Edom + 7. Against Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: @@ -109,7 +111,9 @@ At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea. 22. Behold, He shall come up and fly like the eagle, And spread His wings over Bozrah; The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be -Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.Judgment on Damascus +Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs. +Judgment on Damascus + 23. Against Damascus. "Hamath and Arpad are shamed, @@ -129,7 +133,9 @@ Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor. And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day," says the Lord of hosts. 27. "I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, -And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad."Judgment on Kedar and Hazor +And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad." +Judgment on Kedar and Hazor + 28. Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike. Thus says the Lord: @@ -158,10 +164,13 @@ And I will bring their calamity from all its sides," says the Lord. 33. "Hazor shall be a dwelling for jackals, a desolation forever; No one shall reside there, -Nor son of man dwell in it."Judgment on Elam +Nor son of man dwell in it." +Judgment on Elam + 34. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, -35. "Thus says the Lord of hosts: +35. " +Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, The foremost of their might. @@ -184,3 +193,4 @@ And will destroy from there the king and the princes,' says the Lord. I will bring back the captives of Elam,' says the Lord." + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md index ac73170b..06eb81ea 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ And you were not aware; You have been found and also caught, Because you have contended against the Lord. -25. The Lord has opened His armory, +25. +The Lord has opened His armory, And has brought out the weapons of His indignation; For this is the work of the Lord God of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans. @@ -239,3 +240,4 @@ The earth trembles, And the cry is heard among the nations. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md index 2f23899f..91a011a2 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ But she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country; For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies. -10. The Lord has revealed our righteousness. +10. +The Lord has revealed our righteousness. Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God. 11. Make the arrows bright! @@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your covetousness. -14. The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself: +14. +The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself: "Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, And they shall lift up a shout against you." @@ -278,7 +280,9 @@ Whose name is the Lord of hosts. And her high gates shall be burned with fire; The people will labor in vain, And the nations, because of the fire; -And they shall be weary."Jeremiah's Command to Seraiah +And they shall be weary." +Jeremiah's Command to Seraiah + 59. The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster. 60. So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon. @@ -289,3 +293,4 @@ And they shall be weary."Jeremiah's Command to Seraiah Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. + diff --git a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md index e2221d27..55c4ee04 100644 --- a/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md +++ b/NKJV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed 8. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. 9. So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him. 10. Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah. -11. He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.The Temple and City Plundered and Burned +11. He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. +The Temple and City Plundered and Burned + 12. Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13. He burned the house of the Lord and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire. @@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed 20. The two pillars, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the carts, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord--the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 21. Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow. 22. A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with a network and pomegranates all around the capital, all of bronze. The second pillar, with pomegranates was the same. -23. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred.The People Taken Captive to Babylonia +23. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred. +The People Taken Captive to Babylonia + 24. The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 25. He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, seven men of the king's close associates who were found in the city, the principal scribe of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. @@ -36,7 +40,8 @@ The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed 28. These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews; 29. in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons; -30. in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons. All the persons were four thousand six hundred.Jehoiachin Released from Prison +30. in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons. All the persons were four thousand six hundred. +Jehoiachin Released from Prison 31. Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. @@ -44,3 +49,4 @@ The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed 34. And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life. + diff --git a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md index 11801afc..96cece68 100644 --- a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ And thrust upon my neck. He made my strength fail; The Lord delivered me into the hands of those whom I am not able to withstand. -15. "The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst; +15. " +The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst; He has called an assembly against me To crush my young men; The Lord trampled as in a winepress @@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob That those around him become his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. -18. "The Lord is righteous, +18. " +The Lord is righteous, For I rebelled against His commandment. Hear now, all peoples, And behold my sorrow; @@ -127,7 +129,8 @@ Breathed their last in the city, While they sought food To restore their life. -20. "See, O Lord, that I am in distress; +20. +"See, O Lord, that I am in distress; My soul is troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. @@ -148,3 +151,4 @@ For my sighs are many, And my heart is faint." + diff --git a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md index b15640d0..9c1a2e05 100644 --- a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger. -2. The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied +2. +The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; @@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ He has slain all who were pleasing to His eye; On the tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out His fury like fire. -5. The Lord was like an enemy. +5. +The Lord was like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces; He has destroyed her strongholds, @@ -42,14 +44,16 @@ The Lord has caused The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. In His burning indignation He has spurned the king and the priest. -7. The Lord has spurned His altar, +7. +The Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on the day of a set feast. -8. The Lord has purposed to destroy +8. +The Lord has purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying; @@ -110,7 +114,8 @@ They say, "We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!" -17. The Lord has done what He purposed; +17. +The Lord has done what He purposed; He has fulfilled His word Which He commanded in days of old. He has thrown down and has not pitied, @@ -152,3 +157,4 @@ Those whom I have borne and brought up My enemies have destroyed." + diff --git a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md index ddc12ffe..9cb9f1bf 100644 --- a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md @@ -202,3 +202,4 @@ Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md index 7d30b125..776ea84f 100644 --- a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md @@ -118,3 +118,4 @@ O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins! + diff --git a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md index 012a3afe..215150d6 100644 --- a/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ Renew our days as of old, And are very angry with us! + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md index 8902f30c..ef21e362 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Ezekiel's Vision of God 26. And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it. 27. Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. -28. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel +28. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. +Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md index 2acd5d8a..534ebe00 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ Ezekiel Called to Be a Prophet 10. Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md index e6daf0f6..409c4219 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ The Responsibility of the Prophet 12. Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place!" 13. I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise. 14. So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me. -15. Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.Ezekiel Is a Watchman +15. Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. +Ezekiel Is a Watchman + 16. Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 17. "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ The Responsibility of the Prophet 27. But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md index 3359b014..c1aa58eb 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed 17. that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md index 23d962a4..cfb4e640 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ A Sword Against Jerusalem 17. So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md index 1ddfd0c1..be4f38ea 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Judgment on Idolatrous Israel 14. So I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' " ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md index 196743d4..c79c6a53 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md @@ -141,3 +141,4 @@ And according to what they deserve I will judge them; Then they shall know that I am the Lord!' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md index 7c178141..c6bc42f2 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Abominations in the Temple 18. Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md index 43f76f6e..f546eb0b 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ The Wicked Are Slain 11. Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said, "I have done as You commanded me." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md index a832fbdc..dc6f0cb8 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ The Glory Departs from the Temple 22. And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. They each went straight forward. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md index 7c434b26..27d9e777 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Judgment on Wicked Counselors 11. This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel. 12. And you shall know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you." ' " -13. Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"God Will Restore Israel +13. Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?" +God Will Restore Israel + 14. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 15. "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.' @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ Judgment on Wicked Counselors 25. So I spoke to those in captivity of all the things the Lord had shown me. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md index f428dbcb..99135687 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Judah's Captivity Portrayed 14. I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them. 15. "Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. -16. But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the Lord."Judgment Not Postponed +16. But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the Lord." +Judgment Not Postponed + 17. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18. "Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ Judah's Captivity Portrayed 28. Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done," says the Lord God.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md index d6b9ea8b..2c3ce4b6 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ Woe to Foolish Prophets 23. Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md index 052107b6..edf489c5 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Idolatry Will Be Punished 9. "And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10. And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, -11. that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord God.' "Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness +11. that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord God.' " +Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness + 12. The word of the Lord came again to me, saying: 13. "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Idolatry Will Be Punished 23. And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says the Lord God. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md index 8e505e0c..81565138 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ The Outcast Vine 8. Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,' says the Lord God." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md index c5a8f0f9..7118fdb3 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ God's Love for Jerusalem 11. I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck. 12. And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13. Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty. -14. Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you," says the Lord God.Jerusalem's Harlotry +14. Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you," says the Lord God. +Jerusalem's Harlotry + 15. "But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it. 16. You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be. @@ -38,12 +40,16 @@ God's Love for Jerusalem 28. You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied. 29. Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied. -30. "How degenerate is your heart!" says the Lord God, "seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.Jerusalem's Adultery +30. "How degenerate is your heart!" says the Lord God, "seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot. +Jerusalem's Adultery + 31. "You erected your shrine at the head of every road, and built your high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned payment. 32. You are an adulterous wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband. 33. Men make payment to all harlots, but you made your payments to all your lovers, and hired them to come to you from all around for your harlotry. -34. You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite."Jerusalem's Lovers Will Abuse Her +34. You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite." +Jerusalem's Lovers Will Abuse Her + 35. 'Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord! 36. Thus says the Lord God: "Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them, @@ -54,7 +60,9 @@ God's Love for Jerusalem 40. "They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords. 41. They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers. 42. So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more. -43. Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head," says the Lord God. "And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.More Wicked than Samaria and Sodom +43. Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head," says the Lord God. "And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations. +More Wicked than Samaria and Sodom + 44. "Indeed everyone who quotes proverbs will use this proverb against you: 'Like mother, like daughter!' 45. You are your mother's daughter, loathing husband and children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children; your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. @@ -75,7 +83,9 @@ God's Love for Jerusalem 56. For your sister Sodom was not a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride, 57. before your wickedness was uncovered. It was like the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who despise you everywhere. 58. You have paid for your lewdness and your abominations," says the Lord. -59. For thus says the Lord God: "I will deal with you as you have done, who despised the oath by breaking the covenant.An Everlasting Covenant +59. For thus says the Lord God: "I will deal with you as you have done, who despised the oath by breaking the covenant. +An Everlasting Covenant + 60. "Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61. Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for daughters, but not because of My covenant with you. @@ -83,3 +93,4 @@ God's Love for Jerusalem 63. that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done," says the Lord God.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md index eaa114ce..ceac1951 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ It will wither in the garden terrace where it grew." ' " 24. And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md index 5dee3461..97a9e2c7 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Says the Lord God. Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things + 11. And does none of those duties, But has eaten on the mountains Or defiled his neighbor's wife; @@ -85,7 +86,9 @@ He shall surely live! Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what is not good among his people, -Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.Turn and Live +Behold, he shall die for his iniquity. +Turn and Live + 19. "Yet you say, 'Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?' Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live. 20. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. @@ -107,3 +110,4 @@ Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.Turn and Live 32. For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord God. "Therefore turn and live!" + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md index 96703323..fe04cb50 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md @@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ So that she has no strong branch--a scepter for ruling.' " This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md index afb08813..e2898236 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ The Rebellions of Israel 29. Then I said to them, 'What is this high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day." ' 30. Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations? 31. For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live," says the Lord God, "I will not be inquired of by you. -32. What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.'God Will Restore Israel +32. What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' +God Will Restore Israel + 33. "As I live," says the Lord God, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. 34. I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out. @@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ The Rebellions of Israel 41. I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. 42. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers. 43. And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. -44. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord God.' "Fire in the Forest +44. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord God.' " +Fire in the Forest + 45. Furthermore the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 46. "Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South, @@ -63,3 +67,4 @@ The Rebellions of Israel 49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! They say of me, 'Does he not speak parables?' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md index e7fb4d25..bc429f26 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md @@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ Babylon, the Sword of God 2. "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel; 3. and say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you. 4. Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north, -5. that all flesh may know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore." ' +5. that all flesh may know that +I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore." ' 6. Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes. -7. And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord God." +7. And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' +says the Lord God." 8. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9. "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord!' Say: @@ -65,10 +67,12 @@ I, the Lord, have spoken." 22. In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall. 23. And it will be to them like a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths with them; but he will bring their iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken. -24. "Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear--because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand. +24. "Therefore thus +says the Lord God: 'Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear--because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand. 25. 'Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end, -26. thus says the Lord God: +26. thus +says the Lord God: "Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted. @@ -77,9 +81,12 @@ Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted. I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, -And I will give it to Him." 'A Sword Against the Ammonites +And I will give it to Him." ' +A Sword Against the Ammonites -28. "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say: + +28. "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus +says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing-- @@ -105,3 +112,4 @@ You shall not be remembered, For I the Lord have spoken.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md index e7b8fb62..907e2204 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md @@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ Sins of Jerusalem 13. "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst. 14. Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it. 15. I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you. -16. You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the Lord." ' "Israel in the Furnace +16. You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the Lord." ' " +Israel in the Furnace + 17. The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18. "Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver. 19. Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. 21. Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. -22. As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My fury on you.' "Israel's Wicked Leaders +22. As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My fury on you.' " +Israel's Wicked Leaders + 23. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 24. "Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.' @@ -38,3 +42,4 @@ Sins of Jerusalem 31. Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord God. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md index 086d0b61..f3274ade 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Their virgin bosom was there pressed. They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, -Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.The Older Sister, Samaria +Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah. +The Older Sister, Samaria + 5. "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians, @@ -44,7 +46,9 @@ For whom she lusted. Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, -For they had executed judgment on her.The Younger Sister, Jerusalem +For they had executed judgment on her. +The Younger Sister, Jerusalem + 11. "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's harlotry. @@ -89,7 +93,9 @@ And whose issue is like the issue of horses. 21. Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your bosom -Because of your youthful breasts.Judgment on Jerusalem +Because of your youthful breasts. +Judgment on Jerusalem + 22. "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: 'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, @@ -153,7 +159,9 @@ Says the Lord God. 35. "Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, Therefore you shall bear the penalty -Of your lewdness and your harlotry.' "Both Sisters Judged +Of your lewdness and your harlotry.' " +Both Sisters Judged + 36. The Lord also said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. 37. For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them. @@ -173,3 +181,4 @@ Of your lewdness and your harlotry.' "Both Sisters Judged 49. They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md index b08dadf1..d7366b8b 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md @@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ Nor will I relent; According to your ways And according to your deeds They will judge you," -Says the Lord God.' "The Prophet's Wife Dies +Says the Lord God.' " +The Prophet's Wife Dies + 15. Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 16. "Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down. @@ -86,3 +88,4 @@ Says the Lord God.' "The Prophet's Wife Dies 27. On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you shall speak and no longer be mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md index ef0e5549..0380e4b0 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md @@ -8,19 +8,26 @@ Proclamation Against Ammon 5. And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the Lord." 6. 'For thus says the Lord God: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel, -7. indeed, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord."Proclamation Against Moab +7. indeed, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord." +Proclamation Against Moab + 8. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,' 9. therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim. 10. To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. -11. And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord."Proclamation Against Edom +11. And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord." +Proclamation Against Edom + 12. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them," 13. therefore thus says the Lord God: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword. -14. I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord God.Proclamation Against Philistia +14. I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord God. +Proclamation Against Philistia + 15. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred," 16. therefore thus says the Lord God: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. 17. I will execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md index dde7d042..8637d1c6 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure." ' 21. I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again,' says the Lord God." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md index 28e33456..3db812d2 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md @@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ And their countenance will be troubled. You will become a horror, and be no more forever.' " ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md index de7748ba..c5712a32 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ In the midst of the seas,' Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god + 3. (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you! @@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ In the hand of him who slays you. 10. You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; -For I have spoken," says the Lord God.' "Lamentation for the King of Tyre +For I have spoken," says the Lord God.' " +Lamentation for the King of Tyre + 11. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 12. "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord God: @@ -86,7 +89,9 @@ In the sight of all who saw you. 19. All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, -And shall be no more forever." ' "Proclamation Against Sidon +And shall be no more forever." ' " +Proclamation Against Sidon + 20. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 21. "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her, @@ -102,9 +107,14 @@ The wounded shall be judged in her midst By the sword against her on every side; Then they shall know that I am the Lord. -24. "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God."Israel's Future Blessing +24. "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. +Then they shall know that I am the Lord God." +Israel's Future Blessing + 25. 'Thus says the Lord God: "When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. -26. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God." ' " +26. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. +Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md index 2afb355d..b5c1fa4c 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ You broke and made all their backs quiver." 13. 'Yet, thus says the Lord God: "At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. 14. I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15. It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore. -16. No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God." ' "Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt +16. No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God." ' " +Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt + 17. And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18. "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it. @@ -51,3 +53,4 @@ You broke and made all their backs quiver." 21. 'In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md index 88241abc..1686af00 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md @@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity. 19. Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, -Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' "Proclamation Against Pharaoh +Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' " +Proclamation Against Pharaoh + 20. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 21. "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. @@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' "Proclamation Against Pharaoh 23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries. 24. I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man. 25. Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. -26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' " +26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. +Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md index f280b036..d0212e9b 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md @@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.' 18. 'To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,' says the Lord God." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md index 17ad3fdf..5fdbda03 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md @@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude," -Says the Lord God.' "Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit +Says the Lord God.' " +Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit + 17. It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: @@ -151,3 +153,4 @@ Pharaoh and all his multitude," Says the Lord God. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md index 54f41b9b..6749708e 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The Watchman and His Message 9. Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. 10. "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you say, "If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?" ' -11. Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord God, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?'The Fairness of God's Judgment +11. Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord God, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?' +The Fairness of God's Judgment + 12. "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: 'The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.' 13. When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die. @@ -24,11 +26,15 @@ The Watchman and His Message 17. "Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' But it is their way which is not fair! 18. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. 19. But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. -20. Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways."The Fall of Jerusalem +20. Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways." +The Fall of Jerusalem + 21. And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!" -22. Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.The Cause of Judah's Ruin +22. Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute. +The Cause of Judah's Ruin + 23. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 24. "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.' @@ -38,7 +44,9 @@ The Watchman and His Message 27. "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence. 28. For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through. -29. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed." 'Hearing and Not Doing +29. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed." ' +Hearing and Not Doing + 30. "As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.' 31. So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. @@ -46,3 +54,4 @@ The Watchman and His Message 33. And when this comes to pass--surely it will come--then they will know that a prophet has been among them." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md index 70f13003..0770968a 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Irresponsible Shepherds 7. 'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8. "As I live," says the Lord God, "surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock"-- 9. therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord! -10. Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them."God, the True Shepherd +10. Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them." +God, the True Shepherd + 11. 'For thus says the Lord God: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Irresponsible Shepherds 31. "You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God," says the Lord God. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md index 19751f44..3cd2803b 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md @@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ Then you shall know that I am the Lord. 10. "Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them,' although the Lord was there, 11. therefore, as I live," says the Lord God, "I will do according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. -12. Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.' +12. +Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.' 13. Thus with your mouth you have boasted against Me and multiplied your words against Me; I have heard them." 14. 'Thus says the Lord God: "The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate. 15. As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom--all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md index 5840d086..9e46fdfb 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Blessing on Israel 13. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because they say to you, 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children,' 14. therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore," says the Lord God. -15. "Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore," says the Lord God.' "The Renewal of Israel +15. "Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore," says the Lord God.' " +The Renewal of Israel + 16. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 17. "Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. @@ -47,3 +49,4 @@ Blessing on Israel 38. Like a flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md index 4534c6d3..62fabb83 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ So I answered, "O Lord God, You know." 11. Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!' 12. Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. -14. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it," says the Lord.' "One Kingdom, One King +14. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it," says the Lord.' " +One Kingdom, One King + 15. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 16. "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.' @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ So I answered, "O Lord God, You know." 28. The nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md index cfd9f791..4532ccbc 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Gog and Allies Attack Israel 14. "Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord God: "On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it? 15. Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. 16. You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes." -17. Thus says the Lord God: "Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them?Judgment on Gog +17. Thus says the Lord God: "Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them? +Judgment on Gog + 18. "And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord God, "that My fury will show in My face. 19. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: 'Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ Gog and Allies Attack Israel 23. Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md index 51f09b9f..f08986b6 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md @@ -11,14 +11,18 @@ Gog's Armies Destroyed 8. Surely it is coming, and it shall be done," says the Lord God. "This is the day of which I have spoken. 9. "Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years. -10. They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord God.The Burial of Gog +10. They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord God. +The Burial of Gog + 11. "It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog. 12. For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. 13. Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified," says the Lord God. 14. "They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15. The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man's bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. -16. The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land." 'A Triumphant Festival +16. The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land." ' +A Triumphant Festival + 17. "And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, 'Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field: "Assemble yourselves and come; @@ -41,7 +45,9 @@ Which I am sacrificing for you. 20. You shall be filled at My table With horses and riders, With mighty men -And with all the men of war," says the Lord God.Israel Restored to the Land +And with all the men of war," says the Lord God. +Israel Restored to the Land + 21. "I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them. 22. So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward. @@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ And with all the men of war," says the Lord God.Israel Restored to the Land 29. And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord God." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md index d190e510..bdbb5c95 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ A New City, a New Temple 3. He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway. 4. And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see." -5. Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.The Eastern Gateway of the Temple +5. Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod. +The Eastern Gateway of the Temple + 6. Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide. 7. Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod. @@ -19,21 +21,29 @@ A New City, a New Temple 13. Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door. 14. He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost. 15. From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits. -16. There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees.The Outer Court +16. There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees. +The Outer Court + 17. Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18. The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement. -19. Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.The Northern Gateway +19. Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north. +The Northern Gateway + 20. On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width. 21. Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 22. Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it. -23. A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.The Southern Gateway +23. A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits. +The Southern Gateway + 24. After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements. 25. There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 26. Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side. -27. There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.Gateways of the Inner Court +27. There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits. +Gateways of the Inner Court + 28. Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements. 29. Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. @@ -46,14 +56,18 @@ A New City, a New Temple 35. Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements-- 36. also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. -37. Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.Where Sacrifices Were Prepared +37. Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps. +Where Sacrifices Were Prepared + 38. There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering. 39. In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. 40. At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables. 41. Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices. 42. There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice. -43. Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.Chambers for Singers and Priests +43. Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables. +Chambers for Singers and Priests + 44. Outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the southern gateway. 45. Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple. @@ -64,3 +78,4 @@ A New City, a New Temple 49. The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md index a0d13069..67bb2b63 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Dimensions of the Sanctuary 2. The width of the entryway was ten cubits, and the side walls of the entrance were five cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits. 3. Also he went inside and measured the doorposts, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits high; and the width of the entrance, seven cubits. -4. He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."The Side Chambers on the Wall +4. He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place." +The Side Chambers on the Wall + 5. Next, he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the temple was four cubits on every side. 6. The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on ledges which were for the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, but not fastened to the wall of the temple. @@ -13,9 +15,13 @@ Dimensions of the Sanctuary 8. I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers, a full rod, that is, six cubits high. 9. The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits, and so also the remaining terrace by the place of the side chambers of the temple. 10. And between it and the wall chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side. -11. The doors of the side chambers opened on the terrace, one door toward the north and another toward the south; and the width of the terrace was five cubits all around.The Building at the Western End +11. The doors of the side chambers opened on the terrace, one door toward the north and another toward the south; and the width of the terrace was five cubits all around. +The Building at the Western End + + +12. The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits. +Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area -12. The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area 13. So he measured the temple, one hundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was one hundred cubits long; 14. also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was one hundred cubits. @@ -36,3 +42,4 @@ Dimensions of the Sanctuary 26. There were beveled window frames and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule--also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md index 09e8d4c8..9c278d8f 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Chambers for the Priests 12. And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east. 13. Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings--the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering--for the place is holy. -14. When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people."Outer Dimensions of the Temple +14. When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people." +Outer Dimensions of the Temple + 15. Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around. 16. He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ The Chambers for the Priests 20. He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md index 2b9ff1d5..a74396c9 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md @@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ The Temple, the Lord's Dwelling Place 10. "Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern. 11. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them. -12. This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.Dimensions of the Altar +12. This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple. +Dimensions of the Altar + 13. "These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar: 14. from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit. 15. The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth. 16. The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square at its four corners; -17. the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east."Consecrating the Altar +17. the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east." +Consecrating the Altar + 18. And He said to me, "Son of man, thus says the Lord God: 'These are the ordinances for the altar on the day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it. 19. You shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,' says the Lord God. @@ -34,3 +38,4 @@ The Temple, the Lord's Dwelling Place 27. When these days are over it shall be, on the eighth day and thereafter, that the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar; and I will accept you,' says the Lord God." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md index c77bea58..b8c82ae5 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ The East Gate and the Prince # Chapter 44 1. Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces toward the east, but it was shut. 2. And the Lord said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. -3. As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way."Those Admitted to the Temple +3. As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way." +Those Admitted to the Temple + 4. Also He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple; so I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord; and I fell on my face. 5. And the Lord said to me, "Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears, all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord and all its laws. Mark well who may enter the house and all who go out from the sanctuary. @@ -11,7 +13,9 @@ The East Gate and the Prince 6. "Now say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: "O house of Israel, let Us have no more of all your abominations. 7. When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it--My house--and when you offered My food, the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations. 8. And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you." -9. Thus says the Lord God: "No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.Laws Governing Priests +9. Thus says the Lord God: "No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel. +Laws Governing Priests + 10. "And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity. 11. Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, as gatekeepers of the house and ministers of the house; they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them. @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ The East Gate and the Prince 31. The priests shall not eat anything, bird or beast, that died naturally or was torn by wild beasts. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md index 4bb57307..432cfdf6 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md @@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ The Holy District 2. Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, five hundred by five hundred rods, with fifty cubits around it for an open space. 3. So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4. It shall be a holy section of the land, belonging to the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the Lord; it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. -5. An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession.Properties of the City and the Prince +5. An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession. +Properties of the City and the Prince + 6. "You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel. 7. "The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city's property; and bordering on the holy district and the city's property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border. -8. The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes."Laws Governing the Prince +8. The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes." +Laws Governing the Prince + 9. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Enough, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people," says the Lord God. 10. "You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath. @@ -35,3 +39,4 @@ The Holy District 25. "In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall do likewise for seven days, according to the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md index e6b70bf3..6ea9ac34 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md @@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ The Manner of Worship 13. "You shall daily make a burnt offering to the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning. 14. And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the Lord. -15. Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning."The Prince and Inheritance Laws +15. Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning." +The Prince and Inheritance Laws + 16. 'Thus says the Lord God: "If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. 17. But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs. -18. Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property." ' "How the Offerings Were Prepared +18. Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property." ' " +How the Offerings Were Prepared + 19. Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward the north; and there a place was situated at their extreme western end. 20. And he said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court to sanctify the people." @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ The Manner of Worship 24. And he said to me, "These are the kitchens where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people." + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md index a1d08769..c1f191cc 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ The Healing Waters and Trees 23. And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger dwells, there you shall give him his inheritance," says the Lord God. + diff --git a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md index 6e0828c9..70d74340 100644 --- a/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md +++ b/NKJV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Division of the Land 26. by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun shall have one section; 27. by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad shall have one section; 28. by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. -29. This is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions," says the Lord God.The Gates of the City and Its Name +29. This is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions," says the Lord God. +The Gates of the City and Its Name + 30. "These are the exits of the city. On the north side, measuring four thousand five hundred cubits 31. (the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel), the three gates northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi; @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ Division of the Land 35. All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE." + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md index 9ba251d1..27a3da2c 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Daniel and His Friends Obey God 21. Thus Daniel continued until the first year of King Cyrus. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md index 080be478..62d4009c 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md @@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ Nebuchadnezzar's Dream 11. It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh." 12. For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. -13. So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar's Dream +13. So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them. +God Reveals +Nebuchadnezzar's Dream + 14. Then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon; 15. he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, "Why is the decree from the king so urgent?" Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel. @@ -46,7 +49,9 @@ And light dwells with Him. O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, -For You have made known to us the king's demand."Daniel Explains the Dream +For You have made known to us the king's demand." +Daniel Explains the Dream + 24. Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation." @@ -74,7 +79,9 @@ For You have made known to us the king's demand."Daniel Explains the Dream 42. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44. And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. -45. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold--the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."Daniel and His Friends Promoted +45. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold--the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure." +Daniel and His Friends Promoted + 46. Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him. 47. The king answered Daniel, and said, "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret." @@ -82,3 +89,4 @@ For You have made known to us the king's demand."Daniel Explains the Dream 49. Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md index 40165afb..5e05883f 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Image of Gold 5. that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up; 6. and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace." -7. So at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.Daniel's Friends Disobey the King +7. So at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. +Daniel's Friends Disobey the King + 8. Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and accused the Jews. 9. They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever! @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ The Image of Gold 16. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. -18. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."Saved in Fiery Trial +18. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up." +Saved in Fiery Trial + 19. Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20. And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. @@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ The Image of Gold 24. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." -25. "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."Nebuchadnezzar Praises God +25. "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God." +Nebuchadnezzar Praises God + 26. Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here." Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. 27. And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them. @@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." 30. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md index 23382a03..6ecabbbf 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, Gives it to whomever He will, And sets over it the lowest of men.' -18. "This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you."Daniel Explains the Second Dream +18. "This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you." +Daniel Explains the Second Dream + 19. Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for a time, and his thoughts troubled him. So the king spoke, and said, "Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble you." Belteshazzar answered and said, "My lord, may the dream concern those who hate you, and its interpretation concern your enemies! @@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ Belteshazzar answered and said, "My lord, may the dream concern those who hate y 25. They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses. 26. "And inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules. -27. Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity."Nebuchadnezzar's Humiliation +27. Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity." +Nebuchadnezzar's Humiliation + 28. All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29. At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon. @@ -83,7 +87,9 @@ Belteshazzar answered and said, "My lord, may the dream concern those who hate y 31. While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice fell from heaven: "King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you! 32. And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses." -33. That very hour the word was fulfilled concerning Nebuchadnezzar; he was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws.Nebuchadnezzar Praises God +33. That very hour the word was fulfilled concerning Nebuchadnezzar; he was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws. +Nebuchadnezzar Praises God + 34. And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, @@ -99,3 +105,4 @@ Or say to Him, "What have You done?" 37. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md index 1b0691c6..86cf8ffd 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Belshazzar's Feast 10. The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came to the banquet hall. The queen spoke, saying, "O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change. 11. There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father--your father the king--made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers. -12. Inasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining enigmas were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, now let Daniel be called, and he will give the interpretation."The Writing on the Wall Explained +12. Inasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining enigmas were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, now let Daniel be called, and he will give the interpretation." +The Writing on the Wall Explained + 13. Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke, and said to Daniel, "Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? 14. I have heard of you, that the Spirit of God is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. @@ -37,9 +39,12 @@ MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26. This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27. TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28. PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians." -29. Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.Belshazzar's Fall +29. Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. +Belshazzar's Fall + 30. That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md index c86c73af..f6272a5f 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Plot Against Daniel 6. So these governors and satraps thronged before the king, and said thus to him: "King Darius, live forever! 7. All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8. Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter." -9. Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.Daniel in the Lions' Den +9. Therefore King Darius signed the written decree. +Daniel in the Lions' Den + 10. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ The king answered and said, "The thing is true, according to the law of the Mede 15. Then these men approached the king, and said to the king, "Know, O king, that it is the law of the Medes and Persians that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed." 16. So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you." -17. Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.Daniel Saved from the Lions +17. Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed. +Daniel Saved from the Lions + 18. Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him. 19. Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. @@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ The king answered and said, "The thing is true, according to the law of the Mede 21. Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever! 22. My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you." -23. Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God.Darius Honors God +23. Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God. +Darius Honors God + 24. And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions--them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den. @@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ 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. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md index ae328a5c..13fe92bc 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Vision of the Four Beasts 6. "After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it. 7. "After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. -8. I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.Vision of the Ancient of Days +8. I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. +Vision of the Ancient of Days + 9. "I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; @@ -42,7 +44,9 @@ That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one -Which shall not be destroyed.Daniel's Visions Interpreted +Which shall not be destroyed. +Daniel's Visions Interpreted + 15. "I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16. I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: @@ -87,3 +91,4 @@ And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.' 28. "This is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed; but I kept the matter in my heart." + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md index c886ed3d..1eda8dc6 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Vision of a Ram and a Goat 13. Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, "How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?" -14. And he said to me, "For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed."Gabriel Interprets the Vision +14. And he said to me, "For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed." +Gabriel Interprets the Vision + 15. Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man. 16. And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision." @@ -56,3 +58,4 @@ For it refers to many days in the future." 27. And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days; afterward I arose and went about the king's business. I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md index 06317eb8..253512ad 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Daniel's Prayer for the People 16. "O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. 17. Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord's sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18. O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. -19. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name."The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy +19. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name." +The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy + 20. Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21. yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. @@ -62,3 +64,4 @@ Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate." + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md index 88d2218a..4605bb23 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Vision of the Glorious Man 7. And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great terror fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 8. Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength. -9. Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.Prophecies Concerning Persia and Greece +9. Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground. +Prophecies Concerning Persia and Greece + 10. Suddenly, a hand touched me, which made me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my hands. 11. And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you." While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling. @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ So when he spoke to me I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak, for you 21. But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md index 362c3b03..1abf581b 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Warring Kings of North and South 1. "Also in the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.) 2. And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 3. Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. -4. And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.Warring Kings of North and South +4. And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these. +Warring Kings of North and South + 5. "Also the king of the South shall become strong, as well as one of his princes; and he shall gain power over him and have dominion. His dominion shall be a great dominion. 6. And at the end of some years they shall join forces, for the daughter of the king of the South shall go to the king of the North to make an agreement; but she shall not retain the power of her authority, and neither he nor his authority shall stand; but she shall be given up, with those who brought her, and with him who begot her, and with him who strengthened her in those times. @@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ Warring Kings of North and South 25. "He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him. 26. Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain. 27. Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time. -28. While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land.The Northern King's Blasphemies +28. While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land. +The Northern King's Blasphemies + 29. "At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter. 30. For ships from Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. @@ -49,7 +53,9 @@ Warring Kings of North and South 36. "Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. 37. He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. 38. But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. -39. Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.The Northern King's Conquests +39. Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain. +The Northern King's Conquests + 40. "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 41. He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. @@ -59,3 +65,4 @@ Warring Kings of North and South 45. And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him. + diff --git a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md index 3d548d5b..8fb6b34a 100644 --- a/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Like the stars forever and ever. 13. "But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days." + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md index c4a9aaa4..06a3ea49 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Hosea's Unfaithful Wife # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.The Family of Hosea +1. The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. +The Family of Hosea + 2. When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: "Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry @@ -34,7 +36,9 @@ By horses or horsemen." 9. Then God said: "Call his name Lo-Ammi, For you are not My people, -And I will not be your God.The Restoration of Israel +And I will not be your God. +The Restoration of Israel + 10. "Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, @@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ And they shall come up out of the land, For great will be the day of Jezreel! + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md index 1ea19be4..a2a5cd69 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ The Lord's Love for His Unfaithful People # Chapter 2 1. Say to your brethren, 'My people,' -And to your sisters, 'Mercy is shown.'God's Unfaithful People +And to your sisters, 'Mercy is shown.' +God's Unfaithful People + 2. "Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! @@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ And the beasts of the field shall eat them. For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; -But Me she forgot," says the Lord.God's Mercy on His People +But Me she forgot," says the Lord. +God's Mercy on His People + 14. "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, @@ -120,3 +124,4 @@ Then I will say to those who were not My people, And they shall say, 'You are my God!' " + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md index 9fc94032..32fb573e 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md @@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ Israel Will Return to God 5. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md index a28ca155..c01b12c8 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md @@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ And reward them for their deeds. 10. For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry, but not increase; -Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.The Idolatry of Israel +Because they have ceased obeying the Lord. +The Idolatry of Israel + 11. "Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart. @@ -88,3 +90,4 @@ Her rulers dearly love dishonor. And they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md index 173ed1ab..4382dc68 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md @@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me." + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md index 769b51c9..a45f0887 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ That we may live in His sight. Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, -Like the latter and former rain to the earth.Impenitence of Israel and Judah +Like the latter and former rain to the earth. +Impenitence of Israel and Judah + 4. "O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ Israel is defiled. When I return the captives of My people. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md index 61170f37..7d1223df 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ Yet he does not know it. 10. And the pride of Israel testifies to his face, But they do not return to the Lord their God, -Nor seek Him for all this.Futile Reliance on the Nations +Nor seek Him for all this. +Futile Reliance on the Nations + 11. "Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense-- They call to Egypt, @@ -77,3 +79,4 @@ For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md index a80ab545..a742d6f8 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md @@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces." + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md index cdf4822b..b29fa8c7 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md @@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ Because they did not obey Him; And they shall be wanderers among the nations. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md index ca89aaf5..e842264d 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md @@ -81,3 +81,4 @@ At dawn the king of Israel Shall be cut off utterly. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md index 5ce97cec..759fc0de 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ Then His sons shall come trembling from the west; 11. They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, Like a dove from the land of Assyria. And I will let them dwell in their houses," -Says the Lord.God's Charge Against Ephraim +Says the Lord. +God's Charge Against Ephraim + 12. "Ephraim has encircled Me with lies, And the house of Israel with deceit; @@ -60,3 +62,4 @@ But Judah still walks with God, Even with the Holy One who is faithful. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md index ba6abb1e..18e0e6ba 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ He daily increases lies and desolation. Also they make a covenant with the Assyrians, And oil is carried to Egypt. -2. "The Lord also brings a charge against Judah, +2. " +The Lord also brings a charge against Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds He will recompense him. @@ -62,3 +63,4 @@ Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him, And return his reproach upon him. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md index 3c744f30..d98f2e91 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md @@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with child ripped open. + diff --git a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md index cc400016..a1c5e0bb 100644 --- a/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md @@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them. + diff --git a/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md index ff923f29..dfa7822d 100644 --- a/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ The Locust Plague in Judah # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.The Land Laid Waste +1. The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. +The Land Laid Waste 2. Hear this, you elders, And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land! @@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ The pomegranate tree, The palm tree also, And the apple tree-- All the trees of the field are withered; -Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.Mourning for the Land +Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men. +Mourning for the Land + 13. Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; Wail, you who minister before the altar; @@ -97,3 +100,4 @@ For the water brooks are dried up, And fire has devoured the open pastures. + diff --git a/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md index bc0542c2..cc02b37f 100644 --- a/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ And the stars diminish their brightness. For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; -Who can endure it?A Call to Repentance +Who can endure it? +A Call to Repentance + 12. "Now, therefore," says the Lord, "Turn to Me with all your heart, @@ -141,7 +143,9 @@ And My people shall never be put to shame. 27. Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. -My people shall never be put to shame.God's Spirit Poured Out +My people shall never be put to shame. +God's Spirit Poured Out + 28. "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; @@ -167,3 +171,4 @@ As the Lord has said, Among the remnant whom the Lord calls. + diff --git a/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md index 848666df..f076f351 100644 --- a/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md @@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ And the strength of the children of Israel. 17. "So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, -And no aliens shall ever pass through her again."God Blesses His People +And no aliens shall ever pass through her again." +God Blesses His People + 18. And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, @@ -97,3 +99,4 @@ And Jerusalem from generation to generation. For the Lord dwells in Zion." + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md index 39587f3c..84020033 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Judgments on Israel's Neighbors "The Lord roars from Zion, And utters His voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of the shepherds mourn, -And the top of Carmel withers."Judgment on the Nations +And the top of Carmel withers." +Judgment on the Nations + 3. Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, @@ -74,3 +76,4 @@ He and his princes together," Says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md index 5ee7d157..8325e1c9 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ With shouting and trumpet sound. 3. And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him," -Says the Lord.Judgment on Judah +Says the Lord. +Judgment on Judah + 4. Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah, -And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."Judgment on Israel +And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem." +Judgment on Israel + 6. Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, @@ -75,3 +79,4 @@ Shall flee naked in that day," Says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md index 0f364165..194ebb90 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. 8. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! -Who can but prophesy?Punishment of Israel's Sins +Who can but prophesy? +Punishment of Israel's Sins + 9. "Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: @@ -61,3 +63,4 @@ And the great houses shall have an end," Says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md index 7ee99ea9..bfefe5b3 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Your tithes every three days. Proclaim and announce the freewill offerings; For this you love, You children of Israel!" -Says the Lord God.Israel Did Not Accept Correction +Says the Lord God. +Israel Did Not Accept Correction + 6. "Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places; @@ -79,3 +81,4 @@ Who treads the high places of the earth-- The Lord God of hosts is His name. + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md index 7672c246..26cc4728 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ There is no one to raise her up. "The city that goes out by a thousand Shall have a hundred left, And that which goes out by a hundred -Shall have ten left to the house of Israel."A Call to Repentance +Shall have ten left to the house of Israel." +A Call to Repentance + 4. For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: "Seek Me and live; @@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ As you have spoken. 15. Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts -Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.The Day of the Lord +Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. +The Day of the Lord + 16. Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this: "There shall be wailing in all streets, @@ -118,3 +122,4 @@ Which you made for yourselves. Says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md index c62988ae..f173656a 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7. Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed. -8. The Lord God has sworn by Himself, +8. +The Lord God has sworn by Himself, The Lord God of hosts says: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; @@ -62,3 +63,4 @@ Says the Lord God of hosts; To the Valley of the Arabah." + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md index a5288322..cc3e3c2b 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!" 3. So the Lord relented concerning this. -"It shall not be," said the Lord.Vision of the Fire +"It shall not be," said the Lord. +Vision of the Fire + 4. Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory. 5. Then I said: @@ -17,10 +19,13 @@ Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!" 6. So the Lord relented concerning this. -"This also shall not be," said the Lord God.Vision of the Plumb Line +"This also shall not be," said the Lord God. +Vision of the Plumb Line + 7. Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. -8. And the Lord said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" +8. +And the Lord said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said: "Behold, I am setting a plumb line @@ -29,7 +34,9 @@ I will not pass by them anymore. 9. The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. -I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam."Amaziah's Complaint +I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam." +Amaziah's Complaint + 10. Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11. For thus Amos has said: @@ -70,3 +77,4 @@ And Israel shall surely be led away captive From his own land.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md index 79432f14..7adea37b 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md @@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives!' They shall fall and never rise again." + diff --git a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md index 271590d3..f80d6390 100644 --- a/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground. 10. All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, -Who say, 'The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.'Israel Will Be Restored +Who say, 'The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.' +Israel Will Be Restored + 11. "On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, @@ -81,3 +83,4 @@ From the land I have given them," Says the Lord your God. + diff --git a/NKJV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md index 40078552..90d4cd92 100644 --- a/NKJV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ The Coming Judgment on Edom + 1. The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom (We have heard a report from the Lord, @@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ And understanding from the mountains of Esau? 9. Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau -May be cut off by slaughter.Edom Mistreated His Brother +May be cut off by slaughter. +Edom Mistreated His Brother + 10. "For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, @@ -79,7 +82,9 @@ Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. 16. For as you drank on My holy mountain, So shall all the nations drink continually; Yes, they shall drink, and swallow, -And they shall be as though they had never been.Israel's Final Triumph +And they shall be as though they had never been. +Israel's Final Triumph + 17. "But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; @@ -109,3 +114,4 @@ To judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the Lord's. + diff --git a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md index 70b5a6ad..eddc71f7 100644 --- a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Jonah's Disobedience # Chapter 1 1. Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me." -3. But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.The Storm at Sea +3. But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. +The Storm at Sea + 4. But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up. @@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ Jonah's Disobedience 7. And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. 8. Then they said to him, "Please tell us! For whose cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?" -9. So he said to them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."Jonah Thrown into the Sea +9. So he said to them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land." +Jonah Thrown into the Sea + 10. Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "Why have you done this?" For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. 11. Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?"--for the sea was growing more tempestuous. @@ -24,8 +28,11 @@ Jonah's Disobedience 13. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them. 14. Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, "We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as it pleased You." 15. So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. -16. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows.Jonah's Prayer and Deliverance +16. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows. +Jonah's Prayer and Deliverance + 17. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. + diff --git a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md index f652c2bb..76ee1ce3 100644 --- a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ Salvation is of the Lord." 10. So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. + diff --git a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md index d9c20912..21c3d73f 100644 --- a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Jonah Preaches at Nineveh 1. Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you." 3. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent. -4. And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"The People of Nineveh Believe +4. And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" +The People of Nineveh Believe + 5. So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6. Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. @@ -16,3 +18,4 @@ Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, 10. Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it. + diff --git a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md index 0dca7305..bd5e67c0 100644 --- a/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ And he said, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death!" 11. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left--and much livestock?" + diff --git a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md index 07c00583..76cc243f 100644 --- a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Judgment on Israel and Judah # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.The Coming Judgment on Israel +1. The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. +The Coming Judgment on Israel + 2. Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is in it! @@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ And I will uncover her foundations. And all her pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire; All her idols I will lay desolate, For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot, -And they shall return to the pay of a harlot."Mourning for Israel and Judah +And they shall return to the pay of a harlot." +Mourning for Israel and Judah + 8. Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; @@ -76,3 +80,4 @@ Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, For they shall go from you into captivity. + diff --git a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md index 86f0ce55..34a83a72 100644 --- a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ How He has removed it from me! To a turncoat He has divided our fields.' " 5. Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot -In the assembly of the Lord.Lying Prophets +In the assembly of the Lord. +Lying Prophets + 6. "Do not prattle," you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; @@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ Yes, with utter destruction. 11. If a man should walk in a false spirit And speak a lie, saying, 'I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,' -Even he would be the prattler of this people.Israel Restored +Even he would be the prattler of this people. +Israel Restored + 12. "I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; @@ -71,3 +75,4 @@ Their king will pass before them, With the Lord at their head." + diff --git a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md index b9e1ae2a..1fa5a726 100644 --- a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md @@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest. + diff --git a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md index e5051002..5b0fb759 100644 --- a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. 5. For all people walk each in the name of his god, But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God -Forever and ever.Zion's Future Triumph +Forever and ever. +Zion's Future Triumph + 6. "In that day," says the Lord, "I will assemble the lame, @@ -77,3 +79,4 @@ I will consecrate their gain to the Lord, And their substance to the Lord of the whole earth." + diff --git a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md index 79d35bc1..d07b7165 100644 --- a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Messiah Will Be Born at Bethlehem 1. Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; -They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.The Coming Messiah +They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. +The Coming Messiah + 2. "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, @@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ And they shall abide, For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth; -5. And this One shall be peace.Judgment on Israel's Enemies +5. And this One shall be peace. +Judgment on Israel's Enemies When the Assyrian comes into our land, And when he treads in our palaces, Then we will raise against him @@ -77,3 +80,4 @@ Thus I will destroy your cities. On the nations that have not heard." + diff --git a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md index 3838c686..5193fd45 100644 --- a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, -And to walk humbly with your God?Punishment of Israel's Injustice +And to walk humbly with your God? +Punishment of Israel's Injustice + 9. The Lord's voice cries to the city-- Wisdom shall see Your name: @@ -76,3 +78,4 @@ And your inhabitants a hissing. Therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people." + diff --git a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md index 858defba..f119b009 100644 --- a/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ A man's enemies are the men of his own household. 7. Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; -My God will hear me.Israel's Confession and Comfort +My God will hear me. +Israel's Confession and Comfort + 8. Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; @@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ And mountain to mountain. 13. Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, -And for the fruit of their deeds.God Will Forgive Israel +And for the fruit of their deeds. +God Will Forgive Israel + 14. Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, @@ -105,3 +109,4 @@ Which You have sworn to our fathers From days of old. + diff --git a/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md index 04139b16..419b3311 100644 --- a/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ God's Mercy and Judgment # Chapter 1 -1. The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.God's Wrath on His Enemies +1. The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. +God's Wrath on His Enemies + 2. God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies; -3. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, +3. +The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, @@ -29,7 +32,8 @@ And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him. -7. The Lord is good, +7. +The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. @@ -59,7 +63,8 @@ I will afflict you no more; 13. For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart." -14. The Lord has given a command concerning you: +14. +The Lord has given a command concerning you: "Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. @@ -75,3 +80,4 @@ For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; He is utterly cut off. + diff --git a/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md index 22b70bde..14834ae8 100644 --- a/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ And his dens with flesh. 13. "Behold, I am against you," says the Lord of hosts, "I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more." + diff --git a/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md index ae087843..58657642 100644 --- a/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md @@ -97,3 +97,4 @@ Will clap their hands over you, For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually? + diff --git a/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md index a9037ee0..b10272b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ The Prophet Questions God's Judgments # Chapter 1 -1. The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.The Prophet's Question +1. The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw. +The Prophet's Question -2. O Lord, how long shall I cry, + +2. +O Lord, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, "Violence!" And You will not save. @@ -16,7 +19,9 @@ There is strife, and contention arises. 4. Therefore the law is powerless, And justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; -Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.The Lord's Reply +Therefore perverse judgment proceeds. +The Lord's Reply + 5. "Look among the nations and watch-- Be utterly astounded! @@ -48,7 +53,9 @@ For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it. 11. Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; He commits offense, -Ascribing this power to his god."The Prophet's Second Question +Ascribing this power to his god." +The Prophet's Second Question + 12. Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? @@ -79,3 +86,4 @@ And their food plentiful. And continue to slay nations without pity? + diff --git a/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md index 91cd465f..956f8ba5 100644 --- a/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Just Shall Live by Faith 1. I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, -And what I will answer when I am corrected.The Just Live by Faith +And what I will answer when I am corrected. +The Just Live by Faith + 2. Then the Lord answered me and said: "Write the vision @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ It will not tarry. 4. "Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; -But the just shall live by his faith.Woe to the Wicked +But the just shall live by his faith. +Woe to the Wicked + 5. "Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, He is a proud man, @@ -98,3 +102,4 @@ Yet in it there is no breath at all. Let all the earth keep silence before Him." + diff --git a/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md index ba63ff84..6d7ce6b1 100644 --- a/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ The Prophet's Prayer # Chapter 3 1. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth. -2. O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; +2. +O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. @@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ His ways are everlasting. 7. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian trembled. -8. O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers, +8. +O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers, Was Your anger against the rivers, Was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, @@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ For salvation with Your Anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah + 14. You thrust through with his own arrows The head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; @@ -70,7 +73,9 @@ Rottenness entered my bones; And I trembled in myself, That I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, -He will invade them with his troops.A Hymn of Faith +He will invade them with his troops. +A Hymn of Faith + 17. Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; @@ -88,3 +93,4 @@ And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments. + diff --git a/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md index 3dc9241d..0a6fc2ac 100644 --- a/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ The Great Day of the Lord # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.The Great Day of the Lord +1. The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. +The Great Day of the Lord + 2. "I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land," @@ -92,3 +94,4 @@ For He will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land. + diff --git a/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md index c4d30207..da5af251 100644 --- a/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon you! Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden -In the day of the Lord's anger.Judgment on Nations +In the day of the Lord's anger. +Judgment on Nations + 4. For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; @@ -86,3 +88,4 @@ Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist. + diff --git a/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md index 10dc8f0c..c0e73b22 100644 --- a/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ There is no one, no inhabitant. You will receive instruction'-- So that her dwelling would not be cut off, Despite everything for which I punished her. -But they rose early and corrupted all their deeds.A Faithful Remnant +But they rose early and corrupted all their deeds. +A Faithful Remnant 8. "Therefore wait for Me," says the Lord, "Until the day I rise up for plunder; @@ -69,7 +70,9 @@ And they shall trust in the name of the Lord. And speak no lies, Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; For they shall feed their flocks and lie down, -And no one shall make them afraid."Joy in God's Faithfulness +And no one shall make them afraid." +Joy in God's Faithfulness + 14. Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! @@ -110,3 +113,4 @@ When I return your captives before your eyes," Says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md index c43f4464..fe25ea83 100644 --- a/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Earns wages to put into a bag with holes." 8. Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified," says the Lord. 9. "You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says the Lord of hosts. "Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. 10. Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. -11. For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands."The People's Obedience +11. For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands." +The People's Obedience + 12. Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared the presence of the Lord. 13. Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, spoke the Lord's message to the people, saying, "I am with you, says the Lord." @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Earns wages to put into a bag with holes." 15. on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. + diff --git a/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md index 549c912e..45a273a0 100644 --- a/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Coming Glory of God's House 6. "For thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; 7. and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the Lord of hosts. 8. 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the Lord of hosts. -9. 'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the Lord of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the Lord of hosts."The People Are Defiled +9. 'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the Lord of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the Lord of hosts." +The People Are Defiled + 10. On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 11. "Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Now, ask the priests concerning the law, saying, @@ -20,13 +22,17 @@ Then the priests answered and said, "No." 13. And Haggai said, "If one who is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?" So the priests answered and said, "It shall be unclean." -14. Then Haggai answered and said, " 'So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,' says the Lord, 'and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.Promised Blessing +14. Then Haggai answered and said, " 'So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,' says the Lord, 'and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. +Promised Blessing + 15. 'And now, carefully consider from this day forward: from before stone was laid upon stone in the temple of the Lord-- 16. since those days, when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty. 17. I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me,' says the Lord. 18. 'Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid--consider it: -19. Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.' "Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet +19. Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.' " +Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet + 20. And again the word of the Lord came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying, 21. "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying: @@ -42,3 +48,4 @@ Every one by the sword of his brother. 23. 'In that day,' says the Lord of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel My servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says the Lord, 'and will make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you,' says the Lord of hosts." + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md index 812877e6..3dfcd724 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Did they not overtake your fathers? "So they returned and said: 'Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us, According to our ways and according to our deeds, -So He has dealt with us.' " ' "Vision of the Horses +So He has dealt with us.' " ' " +Vision of the Horses + 7. On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet: 8. I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and white. @@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ So He has dealt with us.' " ' "Vision of the Horses 10. And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, "These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth." -11. So they answered the Angel of the Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly."The Lord Will Comfort Zion +11. So they answered the Angel of the Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly." +The Lord Will Comfort Zion + 12. Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said, "O Lord of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry these seventy years?" @@ -44,7 +48,9 @@ My house shall be built in it," says the Lord of hosts, 17. "Again proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; The Lord will again comfort Zion, -And will again choose Jerusalem." ' "Vision of the Horns +And will again choose Jerusalem." ' " +Vision of the Horns + 18. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns. 19. And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" @@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ So he answered me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and J So he said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it." + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md index 066b4243..0303ad5b 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is i 3. And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, 4. who said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying: 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. -5. For I,' says the Lord, 'will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.' "Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations +5. For I,' says the Lord, 'will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.' " +Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations + 6. "Up, up! Flee from the land of the north," says the Lord; "for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven," says the Lord. 7. "Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon." @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is i 13. Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!" + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md index aca4ec32..dd115070 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Vision of the High Priest 4. Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, "Take away the filthy garments from him." And to him He said, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes." 5. And I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." -So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the Lord stood by.The Coming Branch +So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the Lord stood by. +The Coming Branch + 6. Then the Angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying, 7. "Thus says the Lord of hosts: @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ Says the Lord of hosts, Under his vine and under his fig tree.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md index a60f1591..3d690685 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ And I said, "No, my lord." 14. So he said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth." + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md index d513b674..0eb32e81 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ So I answered, "I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width "It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house -And consume it, with its timber and stones."Vision of the Woman in a Basket +And consume it, with its timber and stones." +Vision of the Woman in a Basket + 5. Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, "Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth." @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ He also said, "This is their resemblance throughout the earth: 11. And he said to me, "To build a house for it in the land of Shinar; when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base." + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md index f1647e67..81556022 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Vision of the Four Chariots 5. And the angel answered and said to me, "These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth. 6. The one with the black horses is going to the north country, the white are going after them, and the dappled are going toward the south country." 7. Then the strong steeds went out, eager to go, that they might walk to and fro throughout the earth. And He said, "Go, walk to and fro throughout the earth." So they walked to and fro throughout the earth. -8. And He called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "See, those who go toward the north country have given rest to My Spirit in the north country."The Command to Crown Joshua +8. And He called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "See, those who go toward the north country have given rest to My Spirit in the north country." +The Command to Crown Joshua + 9. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 10. "Receive the gift from the captives--from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon--and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ And the counsel of peace shall be between them both." ' 15. Even those from afar shall come and build the temple of the Lord. Then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God." + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md index 4cf41745..dbc2db35 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Obedience Better than Fasting 4. Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 5. "Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me--for Me? 6. When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? -7. Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and the South and the Lowland were inhabited?' "Disobedience Resulted in Captivity +7. Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and the South and the Lowland were inhabited?' " +Disobedience Resulted in Captivity + 8. Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, 9. "Thus says the Lord of hosts: @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Against his brother.' 14. "But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate." + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md index f3e0b8f7..22e92338 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md @@ -113,3 +113,4 @@ And to pray before the Lord.' 23. "Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." ' " + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md index c688f2c3..93d42f06 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ And Ekron like a Jebusite. Because of the army, Because of him who passes by and him who returns. No more shall an oppressor pass through them, -For now I have seen with My eyes.The Coming King +For now I have seen with My eyes. +The Coming King 9. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! @@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be 'from sea to sea, -And from the River to the ends of the earth.'God Will Save His People +And from the River to the ends of the earth.' +God Will Save His People + 11. "As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, @@ -91,3 +94,4 @@ Grain shall make the young men thrive, And new wine the young women. + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md index 7f6be854..2d6da532 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md @@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ And they shall walk up and down in His name," Says the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md index 4f170265..151bd54c 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ For the thick forest has come down. 3. There is the sound of wailing shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! -For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins.Prophecy of the Shepherds +For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins. +Prophecy of the Shepherds + 4. Thus says the Lord my God, "Feed the flock for slaughter, 5. whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich'; and their shepherds do not pity them. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded." + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md index 4148cdf3..aca769b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Coming Deliverance of Judah 7. "The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah. 8. In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them. -9. It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.Mourning for the Pierced One +9. It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. +Mourning for the Pierced One + 10. "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. 11. In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ The Coming Deliverance of Judah 14. all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves. + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md index d21bc4fa..4ea9ddd5 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Idolatry Cut Off 4. "And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive. 5. But he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.' -6. And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'The Shepherd Savior +6. And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.' +The Shepherd Savior + 7. "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion," @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ I will say, 'This is My people'; And each one will say, 'The Lord is my God.' " + diff --git a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md index 5bccda8c..645f118a 100644 --- a/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md @@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. On the horse and the mule, On the camel and the donkey, And on all the cattle that will be in those camps. -So shall this plague be.The Nations Worship the King +So shall this plague be. +The Nations Worship the King + 16. And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain. @@ -88,3 +90,4 @@ So shall this plague be.The Nations Worship the King 21. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts. + diff --git a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md index 4d8620e1..177803d4 100644 --- a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Polluted Offerings to God # Chapter 1 -1. The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.Israel Beloved of God +1. The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. +Israel Beloved of God + 2. "I have loved you," says the Lord. "Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?' @@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever. 5. Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, -'The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.'Polluted Offerings +'The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.' +Polluted Offerings + 6. "A son honors his father, And a servant his master. @@ -92,3 +96,4 @@ Says the Lord of hosts, "And My name is to be feared among the nations. + diff --git a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md index 26de2b15..d11b3a0d 100644 --- a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ Says the Lord of hosts. 9. "Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base Before all the people, Because you have not kept My ways -But have shown partiality in the law."Treachery of Infidelity +But have shown partiality in the law." +Treachery of Infidelity + 10. Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? @@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ With weeping and crying; So He does not regard the offering anymore, Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands. -14. Yet you say, "For what reason?" +14. +Yet you say, "For what reason?" Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; @@ -97,3 +100,4 @@ And He delights in them," Or, "Where is the God of justice?" + diff --git a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md index 6b9f2259..dd4378a5 100644 --- a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," Says the Lord of hosts. "But you said, -'In what way shall we return?'Do Not Rob God +'In what way shall we return?' +Do Not Rob God + 8. "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! @@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ Says the Lord of hosts; 12. "And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land," -Says the Lord of hosts.The People Complain Harshly +Says the Lord of hosts. +The People Complain Harshly + 13. "Your words have been harsh against Me," Says the Lord, @@ -87,7 +91,9 @@ Before the Lord of hosts? 15. So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; -They even tempt God and go free.' "A Book of Remembrance +They even tempt God and go free.' " +A Book of Remembrance + 16. Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; @@ -106,3 +112,4 @@ Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md index 70aa708f..eddc74a6 100644 --- a/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse." + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md index 262cc7a4..ab52ee95 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 15. Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. 16. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. -17. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.Christ Born of Mary +17. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations. +Christ Born of Mary 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. @@ -35,3 +36,4 @@ David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 25. and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md index 939af6f9..927816fc 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md @@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ Who will shepherd My people Israel.' " 10. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11. And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. -12. Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.The Flight into Egypt +12. Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way. +The Flight into Egypt + 13. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him." 14. When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, -15. and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My Son."Massacre of the Innocents +15. and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My Son." +Massacre of the Innocents + 16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. 17. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: @@ -45,3 +49,4 @@ Because they are no more."The Home in Nazareth 23. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene." + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md index f3112171..124f0f20 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Make His paths straight.' " 17. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md index 79c7dab9..c72d33d0 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' " 10. Then Jesus said to him, *"Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.' "* -11. Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry +11. Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. +Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 12. Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13. And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, @@ -42,10 +43,12 @@ Light has dawned." 20. They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 21. Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, -22. and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.Jesus Heals a Great Multitude +22. and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. +Jesus Heals a Great Multitude 23. And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24. Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 25. Great multitudes followed Him--from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md index 7e134abd..bf628639 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md @@ -5,28 +5,36 @@ The Beatitudes 2. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: 3. *"Blessed are the poor in spirit,* -*For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.* +* +For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.* 4. *Blessed are those who mourn,* -*For they shall be comforted.* +* +For they shall be comforted.* 5. *Blessed are the meek,* -*For they shall inherit the earth.* +* +For they shall inherit the earth.* 6. *Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,* -*For they shall be filled.* +* +For they shall be filled.* 7. *Blessed are the merciful,* -*For they shall obtain mercy.* +* +For they shall obtain mercy.* 8. *Blessed are the pure in heart,* -*For they shall see God.* +* +For they shall see God.* 9. *Blessed are the peacemakers,* -*For they shall be called sons of God.* +* +For they shall be called sons of God.* 10. *Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,* -*For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.* +* +For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.* 11. *Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.* 12. *Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.*Believers Are Salt and Light @@ -35,19 +43,25 @@ The Beatitudes 14. *"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.* 15. *Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.* -16. *Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.*Christ Fulfills the Law +16. *Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.* +Christ Fulfills the Law + 17. *"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.* -18. *For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.* +18. * +For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.* 19. *Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.* -20. *For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.*Murder Begins in the Heart +20. * +For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.*Murder Begins in the Heart 21. *"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.'* 22. *But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.* 23. *Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,* 24. *leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.* 25. *Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.* -26. *Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.*Adultery in the Heart +26. *Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.* +Adultery in the Heart + 27. *"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.'* 28. *But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.* @@ -55,13 +69,16 @@ The Beatitudes 30. *And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.*Marriage Is Sacred and Binding 31. *"Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'* -32. *But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.*Jesus Forbids Oaths +32. *But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.* +Jesus Forbids Oaths + 33. *"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'* 34. *But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;* 35. *nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.* 36. *Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.* -37. *But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.*Go the Second Mile +37. *But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No.' +For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.*Go the Second Mile 38. *"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'* 39. *But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.* @@ -72,8 +89,10 @@ The Beatitudes 43. *"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'* 44. *But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,* 45. *that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.* -46. *For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?* +46. * +For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?* 47. *And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?* 48. *Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md index 16dd34e6..5e46ec9f 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md @@ -3,21 +3,25 @@ Do Good to Please God # Chapter 6 1. *"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.* 2. *Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.* -3. *But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,* +3. * +But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,* 4. *that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.*The Model Prayer 5. *"And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.* -6. *But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.* +6. * +But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.* 7. *And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.* 8. *"Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.* 9. *In this manner, therefore, pray:* *Our Father in heaven,* -*Hallowed be Your name.* +* +Hallowed be Your name.* 10. *Your kingdom come.* *Your will be done* -*On earth as it is in heaven.* +* +On earth as it is in heaven.* 11. *Give us this day our daily bread.* @@ -25,14 +29,19 @@ Do Good to Please God *As we forgive our debtors.* 13. *And do not lead us into temptation,* -*But deliver us from the evil one.* +* +But deliver us from the evil one.* *For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.* 14. *"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.* -15. *But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.*Fasting to Be Seen Only by God +15. * +But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.* +Fasting to Be Seen Only by God + 16. *"Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.* -17. *But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,* +17. * +But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,* 18. *so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.*Lay Up Treasures in Heaven 19. *"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;* @@ -40,7 +49,10 @@ Do Good to Please God 21. *For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.*The Lamp of the Body 22. *"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.* -23. *But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!*You Cannot Serve God and Riches +23. * +But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!* +You Cannot Serve God and Riches + 24. *"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.*Do Not Worry @@ -54,7 +66,9 @@ Do Good to Please God 31. *"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'* 32. *For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.* -33. *But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.* +33. * +But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.* 34. *Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md index 4c32b340..9c7f2e2b 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Do Not Judge 29. for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md index 716c54df..7bdc991a 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md @@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ Jesus Cleanses a Leper 10. When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, *"Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!* 11. *And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.* 12. *But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."* -13. Then Jesus said to the centurion, *"Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you."* And his servant was healed that same hour.Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed +13. Then Jesus said to the centurion, *"Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you."* And his servant was healed that same hour. +Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed 14. Now when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever. -15. So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.Many Healed in the Evening +15. So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them. +Many Healed in the Evening 16. When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: @@ -57,3 +59,4 @@ And bore our sicknesses."The Cost of Discipleship 34. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their region. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md index bebc5413..463c8915 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic 6. *But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."* 7. And he arose and departed to his house. -8. Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.Matthew the Tax Collector +8. Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men. +Matthew the Tax Collector 9. As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, *"Follow Me."* So he arose and followed Him. @@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic 11. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12. When Jesus heard that, He said to them, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.* -13. *But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."*Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting +13. *But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."*Jesus Is Questioned +About Fasting 14. Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?" @@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic 23. When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing, 24. He said to them, *"Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping."* And they ridiculed Him. 25. But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. -26. And the report of this went out into all that land.Two Blind Men Healed +26. And the report of this went out into all that land. +Two Blind Men Healed + 27. When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!" @@ -46,7 +50,9 @@ They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." 29. Then He touched their eyes, saying, *"According to your faith let it be to you."* 30. And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, *"See that no one knows it."* -31. But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country.A Mute Man Speaks +31. But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country. +A Mute Man Speaks + 32. As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed. 33. And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, "It was never seen like this in Israel!" @@ -59,3 +65,4 @@ They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." 38. *Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md index 2b21c1f0..e4377d54 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ The Twelve Apostles 1. And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 2. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3. Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; -4. Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.Sending Out the Twelve +4. Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. +Sending Out the Twelve 5. These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: *"Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.* 6. *But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.* @@ -54,3 +55,4 @@ The Twelve Apostles 42. *And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md index 56f5f154..9396da87 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md @@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus 16. *"But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,* 17. *and saying:* *'We played the flute for you,* -*And you did not dance;* +* +And you did not dance;* *We mourned to you,* -*And you did not lament.'* +* +And you did not lament.'* 18. *For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'* 19. *The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."*Woe to the Impenitent Cities @@ -47,3 +49,4 @@ John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus 30. *For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md index 746ef7b8..b02ab13f 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 11. Then He said to them, *"What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?* 12. *Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."* 13. Then He said to the man, *"Stretch out your hand."* And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other. -14. Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.Behold, My Servant +14. Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him. +Behold, My Servant + 15. But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. 16. Yet He warned them not to make Him known, @@ -77,3 +79,4 @@ Till He sends forth justice to victory; 50. *For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md index 2e929e8e..3f8c6828 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md @@ -19,14 +19,18 @@ The Parable of the Sower 13. *Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.* 14. *And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:* *'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,* -*And seeing you will see and not perceive;* +* +And seeing you will see and not perceive;* 15. *For the hearts of this people have grown dull.* -*Their ears are hard of hearing,* -*And their eyes they have closed,* +* +Their ears are hard of hearing,* +* +And their eyes they have closed,* *Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,* *Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,* -*So that I should heal them.'* +* +So that I should heal them.'* 16. *But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;* 17. *for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.*The Parable of the Sower Explained @@ -36,7 +40,9 @@ The Parable of the Sower 20. *But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;* 21. *yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.* 22. *Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.* -23. *But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."*The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares +23. *But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."* +The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares + 24. Another parable He put forth to them, saying: *"The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;* 25. *but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.* @@ -49,12 +55,16 @@ The Parable of the Sower 31. Another parable He put forth to them, saying: *"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field,* 32. *which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."*The Parable of the Leaven -33. Another parable He spoke to them: *"The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened."*Prophecy and the Parables +33. Another parable He spoke to them: *"The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened."* +Prophecy and the Parables + 34. All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, 35. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "I will open My mouth in parables; -I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world."The Parable of the Tares Explained +I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world." +The Parable of the Tares Explained + 36. Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." @@ -64,12 +74,18 @@ I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world."The Parable of 40. *Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.* 41. *The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,* 42. *and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.* -43. *Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!*The Parable of the Hidden Treasure +43. *Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!* +The Parable of the Hidden Treasure + + +44. *"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.* +The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price -44. *"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.*The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price 45. *"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls,* -46. *who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.*The Parable of the Dragnet +46. *who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.* +The Parable of the Dragnet + 47. *"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind,* 48. *which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.* @@ -90,3 +106,4 @@ But Jesus said to them, *"A prophet is not without honor except in his own count 58. Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md index be9f763f..89b46ef3 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ John the Baptist Beheaded 9. And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her. 10. So he sent and had John beheaded in prison. 11. And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. -12. Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus.Feeding the Five Thousand +12. Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus. +Feeding the Five Thousand 13. When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14. And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. @@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ John the Baptist Beheaded 18. He said, *"Bring them here to Me."* 19. Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20. So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. -21. Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.Jesus Walks on the Sea +21. Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. +Jesus Walks on the Sea 22. Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. @@ -54,3 +56,4 @@ John the Baptist Beheaded 36. and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md index 3d9e0522..ce6cb88c 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md @@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out 27. And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." -28. Then Jesus answered and said to her, *"O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire."* And her daughter was healed from that very hour.Jesus Heals Great Multitudes +28. Then Jesus answered and said to her, *"O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire."* And her daughter was healed from that very hour. +Jesus Heals Great Multitudes 29. Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30. Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. -31. So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.Feeding the Four Thousand +31. So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. +Feeding the Four Thousand 32. Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, *"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."* @@ -67,3 +69,4 @@ And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish." 39. And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md index 5e5aaec8..ea7db956 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign 1. Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2. He answered and said to them, *"When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red';* 3. *and in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.* -4. *A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."* And He left them and departed.The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees +4. *A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."* And He left them and departed. +The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees 5. Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6. Then Jesus said to them, *"Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."* @@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign 9. *Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?* 10. *Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?* 11. *How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?--but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."* -12. Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ +12. Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. +Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 13. When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, *"Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"* @@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign 18. *And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.* 19. *And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."* -20. Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection +20. Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. +Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 21. From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. @@ -44,3 +47,4 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign 28. *Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md index ea780cbc..c213a5fa 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Jesus Transfigured on the Mount 11. Jesus answered and said to them, *"Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.* 12. *But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands."* -13. Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.A Boy Is Healed +13. Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist. +A Boy Is Healed 14. And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15. "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. @@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ Jesus Transfigured on the Mount 21. *However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."*Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection 22. Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, *"The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men,* -23. *and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up."* And they were exceedingly sorrowful.Peter and His Master Pay Their Taxes +23. *and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up."* And they were exceedingly sorrowful. +Peter and His Master Pay Their Taxes + 24. When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, "Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?" @@ -44,3 +47,4 @@ Jesus said to him, *"Then the sons are free.* 27. *Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md index 6334454f..efe95373 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Who Is the Greatest? 12. *"What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?* 13. *And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.* -14. *Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.*Dealing with a Sinning Brother +14. *Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.* +Dealing with a Sinning Brother + 15. *"Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.* 16. *But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.'* @@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ Who Is the Greatest? 18. *"Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.* 19. *"Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.* -20. *For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."*The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant +20. *For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."* +The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant + 21. Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" @@ -50,3 +54,4 @@ Who Is the Greatest? 35. *"So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md index af60dc54..13661303 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md @@ -15,14 +15,17 @@ Marriage and Divorce 8. He said to them, *"Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.* 9. *And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery."* -10. His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."Jesus Teaches on Celibacy +10. His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry." +Jesus Teaches on Celibacy + 11. But He said to them, *"All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given:* 12. *For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it."*Jesus Blesses Little Children 13. Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14. But Jesus said, *"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven."* -15. And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler +15. And He laid His hands on them and departed from there. +Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler 16. Now behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?" @@ -36,7 +39,8 @@ Jesus said, *"'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shal 21. Jesus said to him, *"If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."* -22. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.With God All Things Are Possible +22. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. +With God All Things Are Possible 23. Then Jesus said to His disciples, *"Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.* 24. *And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."* @@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ Jesus said, *"'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shal 30. *But many who are first will be last, and the last first.* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md index 4836f6fc..8e05481a 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ They said to Him, "We are able." 34. So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md index af0853ac..b0cce775 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md @@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ And Jesus said to them, *"Yes. Have you never read,* *'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants* *You have perfected praise'?"* -17. Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.The Fig Tree Withered +17. Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there. +The Fig Tree Withered 18. Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. -19. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, *"Let no fruit grow on you ever again."* Immediately the fig tree withered away.The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree +19. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, *"Let no fruit grow on you ever again."* Immediately the fig tree withered away. +The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree 20. And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?" @@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ And Jesus said to them, *"Yes. Have you never read,* And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 26. But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet." 27. So they answered Jesus and said, "We do not know." -And He said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.*The Parable of the Two Sons +And He said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.* +The Parable of the Two Sons + 28. *"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go, work today in my vineyard.'* 29. *He answered and said, 'I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went.* @@ -76,7 +80,8 @@ Jesus said to them, *"Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots en 42. Jesus said to them, *"Have you never read in the Scriptures:* *'The stone which the builders rejected* *Has become the chief cornerstone.* -*This was the Lord*'s doing, +* +This was the Lord*'s doing, *And it is marvelous in our eyes'?* 43. *"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.* @@ -86,3 +91,4 @@ Jesus said to them, *"Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots en 46. But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md index b41a21bc..1221baac 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ So they brought Him a denarius. 21. They said to Him, "Caesar's." And He said to them, *"Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."* -22. When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection? +22. When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way. +The Sadducees: What +About the Resurrection? 23. The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24. saying: "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. @@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ And He said to them, *"Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, 30. *For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.* 31. *But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,* 32. *'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."* -33. And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All? +33. And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching. +The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All? 34. But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, @@ -68,3 +71,4 @@ They said to Him, "The Son of David." 46. And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md index 9563c86b..64d9217a 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees 39. *for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' "* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md index 39e4911f..0ce49700 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md @@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple 51. *and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md index cd9931bf..5613154e 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins 28. *So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.* 29. *'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.* -30. *And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'*The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations +30. *And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'* +The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations + 31. *"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.* 32. *All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.* @@ -61,3 +63,4 @@ The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins 46. *And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."* + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md index 583104a7..df7d1a1b 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 14. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15. and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. -16. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples +16. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him. +Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples 17. Now on the first day of the Feast of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?" @@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ He said to him, *"You have said it."*Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper 28. *For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.* 29. *But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."* -30. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial +30. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. +Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 31. Then Jesus said to them, *"All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:* *'I will strike the Shepherd,* @@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ He said to him, *"You have said it."*Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper 34. Jesus said to him, *"Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."* 35. Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" -And so said all the disciples.The Prayer in the Garden +And so said all the disciples. +The Prayer in the Garden 36. Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, *"Sit here while I go and pray over there."* 37. And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. @@ -91,7 +94,8 @@ Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. 55. In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, *"Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me.* 56. *But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled."* -Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin +Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled. +Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin 57. And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58. But Peter followed Him at a distance to the high priest's courtyard. And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end. @@ -127,3 +131,4 @@ Immediately a rooster crowed. 75. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him, *"Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."* So he went out and wept bitterly. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md index 78de2e21..8e29099e 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate # Chapter 27 1. When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death. -2. And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.Judas Hangs Himself +2. And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor. +Judas Hangs Himself 3. Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4. saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." @@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ Jesus said to him, *"It is as you say."* 12. And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing. 13. Then Pilate said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?" -14. But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.Taking the Place of Barabbas +14. But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly. +Taking the Place of Barabbas 15. Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. 16. And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. @@ -45,13 +47,15 @@ But they cried out all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified!" 25. And all the people answered and said, "His blood be on us and on our children." -26. Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.The Soldiers Mock Jesus +26. Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. +The Soldiers Mock Jesus 27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. 28. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 30. Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. -31. And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.The King on a Cross +31. And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. +The King on a Cross 32. Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. 33. And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, @@ -74,7 +78,8 @@ THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 42. "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. 43. He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.' " -44. Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.Jesus Dies on the Cross +44. Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing. +Jesus Dies on the Cross 45. Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, *"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"* @@ -93,13 +98,16 @@ THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 54. So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!" 55. And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, -56. among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb +56. among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons. +Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb 57. Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. 59. When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60. and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. -61. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.Pilate Sets a Guard +61. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. +Pilate Sets a Guard + 62. On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, 63. saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, *'After three days I will rise.'* @@ -109,3 +117,4 @@ THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 66. So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard. + diff --git a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md index 94bd2b42..1f26c26b 100644 --- a/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md @@ -10,16 +10,21 @@ He Is Risen 6. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you." -8. So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.The Women Worship the Risen Lord +8. So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. +The Women Worship the Risen Lord + 9. And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, *"Rejoice!"* So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. -10. Then Jesus said to them, *"Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me."*The Soldiers Are Bribed +10. Then Jesus said to them, *"Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me."* +The Soldiers Are Bribed + 11. Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened. 12. When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13. saying, "Tell them, 'His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.' 14. And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will appease him and make you secure." -15. So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.The Great Commission +15. So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. +The Great Commission 16. Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. @@ -29,3 +34,4 @@ He Is Risen 20. *teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."* Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md index 925ea0a3..757966a1 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Make His paths straight.' " 11. Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."Satan Tempts Jesus 12. Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. -13. And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry +13. And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him. +Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 14. Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15. and saying, *"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."*Four Fishermen Called as Disciples @@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ Make His paths straight.' " 18. They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 19. When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. -20. And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit +20. And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him. +Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 21. Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught. 22. And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. @@ -43,15 +45,18 @@ Make His paths straight.' " 25. But Jesus rebuked him, saying, *"Be quiet, and come out of him!"* 26. And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27. Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him." -28. And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee.Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed +28. And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee. +Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed 29. Now as soon as they had come out of the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30. But Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once. -31. So He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them.Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset +31. So He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them. +Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset 32. At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed. 33. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. -34. Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.Preaching in Galilee +34. Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him. +Preaching in Galilee 35. Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. 36. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him. @@ -59,7 +64,8 @@ Make His paths straight.' " 38. But He said to them, *"Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth."* -39. And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.Jesus Cleanses a Leper +39. And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons. +Jesus Cleanses a Leper 40. Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean." @@ -71,3 +77,4 @@ Make His paths straight.' " 45. However, he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the matter, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter the city, but was outside in deserted places; and they came to Him from every direction. + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md index 71aab219..fd4891d8 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic 15. Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi's house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him. 16. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, "How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?" -17. When Jesus heard it, He said to them, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."*Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting +17. When Jesus heard it, He said to them, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."*Jesus Is Questioned +About Fasting 18. The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" @@ -42,3 +43,4 @@ Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic 28. *Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath."* + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md index 46dcf8c0..f1e82b3d 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md @@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ Healing on the Sabbath 3. And He said to the man who had the withered hand, *"Step forward."* 4. Then He said to them, *"Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?"* But they kept silent. 5. And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, *"Stretch out your hand."* And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. -6. Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.A Great Multitude Follows Jesus +6. Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him. +A Great Multitude Follows Jesus 7. But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea 8. and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things He was doing, came to Him. 9. So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him. 10. For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him. 11. And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, "You are the Son of God." -12. But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.The Twelve Apostles +12. But He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known. +The Twelve Apostles 13. And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. 14. Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, @@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ Healing on the Sabbath 16. Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; 17. James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"; 18. Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; -19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.A House Divided Cannot Stand +19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house. +A House Divided Cannot Stand 20. Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21. But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, "He is out of His mind." @@ -46,3 +49,4 @@ Healing on the Sabbath 35. *For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother."* + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md index 77223f7b..af711b77 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ The Parable of the Sower 23. *If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."* 24. Then He said to them, *"Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.* -25. *For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."*The Parable of the Growing Seed +25. *For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."* +The Parable of the Growing Seed + 26. And He said, *"The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground,* 27. *and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.* @@ -44,10 +46,13 @@ The Parable of the Sower 30. Then He said, *"To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?* 31. *It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;* -32. *but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade."*Jesus' Use of Parables +32. *but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade."* +Jesus' Use of Parables + 33. And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it. -34. But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.Wind and Wave Obey Jesus +34. But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples. +Wind and Wave Obey Jesus 35. On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, *"Let us cross over to the other side."* 36. Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. @@ -59,3 +64,4 @@ The Parable of the Sower 41. And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!" + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md index 9229949d..84fb9008 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion; for we are many." 18. And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. 19. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, *"Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you."* -20. And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed +20. And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled. +A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed 21. Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. 22. And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet @@ -60,3 +61,4 @@ And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion; for we are many." 43. But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat. + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md index 4c378c71..5aba5fd0 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 4. But Jesus said to them, *"A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house."* 5. Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. -6. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.Sending Out the Twelve +6. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. +Sending Out the Twelve 7. And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits. 8. He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff--no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts-- @@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 11. *And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"* 12. So they went out and preached that people should repent. -13. And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.John the Baptist Beheaded +13. And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them. +John the Baptist Beheaded 14. Now King Herod heard of Him, for His name had become well known. And he said, "John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him." @@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!" 26. And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her. 27. Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison, 28. brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. -29. When his disciples heard of it, they came and took away his corpse and laid it in a tomb.Feeding the Five Thousand +29. When his disciples heard of it, they came and took away his corpse and laid it in a tomb. +Feeding the Five Thousand 30. Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. 31. And He said to them, *"Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while."* For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. @@ -65,7 +68,8 @@ And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish." 41. And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all. 42. So they all ate and were filled. 43. And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish. -44. Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.Jesus Walks on the Sea +44. Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men. +Jesus Walks on the Sea 45. Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away. 46. And when He had sent them away, He departed to the mountain to pray. @@ -74,7 +78,8 @@ And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish." 49. And when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out; 50. for they all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He talked with them and said to them, *"Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid."* 51. Then He went up into the boat to them, and the wind ceased. And they were greatly amazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled. -52. For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened.Many Touch Him and Are Made Well +52. For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened. +Many Touch Him and Are Made Well 53. When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and anchored there. 54. And when they came out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, @@ -82,3 +87,4 @@ And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish." 56. Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well. + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md index 819b4247..023ef740 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Defilement Comes from Within 29. Then He said to her, *"For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter."* -30. And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute +30. And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed. +Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute 31. Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. 32. Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. @@ -56,3 +57,4 @@ Defilement Comes from Within 37. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak." + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md index 6ad87494..383063e8 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ And they said, "Seven." 7. They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. 8. So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments. 9. Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away, -10. immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha.The Pharisees Seek a Sign +10. immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha. +The Pharisees Seek a Sign 11. Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him. 12. But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, *"Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation."*Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod @@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ They said to Him, "Twelve." 20. *"Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?"* And they said, "Seven." -21. So He said to them, *"How is it you do not understand?"*A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida +21. So He said to them, *"How is it you do not understand?"* +A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida + 22. Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him. 23. So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything. @@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ And they said, "Seven." 29. He said to them, *"But who do you say that I am?"* Peter answered and said to Him, "You are the Christ." -30. Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him.Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection +30. Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him. +Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 31. And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32. He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. @@ -63,3 +67,4 @@ Peter answered and said to Him, "You are the Christ." 38. *For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."* + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md index fdfe31cc..d9f2065e 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ The Transfiguration of Christ # Chapter 9 -1. And He said to them, *"Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power."*Jesus Transfigured on the Mount +1. And He said to them, *"Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power."* +Jesus Transfigured on the Mount + 2. Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. 3. His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. @@ -15,7 +17,8 @@ The Transfiguration of Christ 9. Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10. So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant. -11. And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" +11. +And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" 12. Then He answered and told them, *"Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?* 13. *But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him."*A Boy Is Healed @@ -44,11 +47,14 @@ And he said, "From childhood. 28. And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" -29. So He said to them, *"This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting."*Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection +29. So He said to them, *"This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting."* +Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection + 30. Then they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know it. 31. For He taught His disciples and said to them, *"The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day."* -32. But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.Who Is the Greatest? +32. But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him. +Who Is the Greatest? 33. Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, *"What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?"* 34. But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest. @@ -66,19 +72,25 @@ And he said, "From childhood. 43. *If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched--* 44. *where* *'Their worm does not die* -*And the fire is not quenched.'* +* +And the fire is not quenched.'* 45. *And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched--* 46. *where* *'Their worm does not die* -*And the fire is not quenched.'* +* +And the fire is not quenched.'* 47. *And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire--* 48. *where* *'Their worm does not die* -*And the fire is not quenched.'*Tasteless Salt Is Worthless +* +And the fire is not quenched.'* +Tasteless Salt Is Worthless + 49. *"For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.* 50. *Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another."* + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md index 32d11673..b75c1679 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Marriage and Divorce 13. Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14. But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, *"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.* 15. *Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it."* -16. And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler +16. And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them. +Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler 17. Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" @@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ Marriage and Divorce 21. Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, *"One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me."* -22. But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.With God All Things Are Possible +22. But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. +With God All Things Are Possible 23. Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, *"How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"* 24. And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, *"Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!* @@ -87,3 +89,4 @@ The blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, that I may receive my sight." 52. Then Jesus said to him, *"Go your way; your faith has made you well."* And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md index d9381cab..b9594810 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md @@ -19,19 +19,22 @@ The Triumphal Entry That comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" -11. And Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple. So when He had looked around at all things, as the hour was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.The Fig Tree Withered +11. And Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple. So when He had looked around at all things, as the hour was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve. +The Fig Tree Withered 12. Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13. And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14. In response Jesus said to it, *"Let no one eat fruit from you ever again."* -And His disciples heard it.Jesus Cleanses the Temple +And His disciples heard it. +Jesus Cleanses the Temple 15. So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 16. And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple. 17. Then He taught, saying to them, *"Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it a 'den of thieves.' "* 18. And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching. -19. When evening had come, He went out of the city.The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree +19. When evening had come, He went out of the city. +The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree 20. Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21. And Peter, remembering, said to Him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away." @@ -55,3 +58,4 @@ And His disciples heard it.Jesus Cleanses the Temple And Jesus answered and said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."* + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md index aec323a1..e8ea6adf 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers 11. *This was the Lord*'s doing, *And it is marvelous in our eyes'?"* -12. And they sought to lay hands on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away.The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar? +12. And they sought to lay hands on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away. +The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar? 13. Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. 14. When they had come, they said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? @@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, *"Why do you test Me? Bring Me a And He said to them, *"Whose image and inscription is this?"* They said to Him, "Caesar's." 17. And Jesus answered and said to them, *"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."* -And they marveled at Him.The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection? +And they marveled at Him. +The Sadducees: What +About the Resurrection? 18. Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying: 19. "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. @@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ And they marveled at Him.The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection? 33. And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34. Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, *"You are not far from the kingdom of God."* -But after that no one dared question Him.Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord? +But after that no one dared question Him. +Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord? 35. Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, *"How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?* 36. *For David himself said by the Holy Spirit:* @@ -61,7 +65,8 @@ But after that no one dared question Him.Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendan *Till I make Your enemies Your footstool." '* 37. *Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son?"* -And the common people heard Him gladly.Beware of the Scribes +And the common people heard Him gladly. +Beware of the Scribes 38. Then He said to them in His teaching, *"Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces,* 39. *the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,* @@ -73,3 +78,4 @@ And the common people heard Him gladly.Beware of the Scribes 44. *for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood."* + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md index 5394e069..5fc764a4 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md @@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple 37. *And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"* + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md index 095d4f48..5d8deec5 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 9. *Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her."*Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 10. Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them. -11. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.Jesus Celebrates the Passover with His Disciples +11. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him. +Jesus Celebrates the Passover with His Disciples 12. Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?" @@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 24. And He said to them, *"This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.* 25. *Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."* -26. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial +26. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. +Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 27. Then Jesus said to them, *"All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:* *'I will strike the Shepherd,* @@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 30. Jesus said to him, *"Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times."* 31. But he spoke more vehemently, "If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" -And they all said likewise.The Prayer in the Garden +And they all said likewise. +The Prayer in the Garden 32. Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, *"Sit here while I pray."* 33. And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. @@ -80,10 +83,13 @@ And they all said likewise.The Prayer in the Garden 48. Then Jesus answered and said to them, *"Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me?* 49. *I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled."* -50. Then they all forsook Him and fled.A Young Man Flees Naked +50. Then they all forsook Him and fled. +A Young Man Flees Naked + 51. Now a certain young man followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him, -52. and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin +52. and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked. +Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin 53. And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes. 54. But Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire. @@ -105,7 +111,8 @@ Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of 64. You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death. -65. Then some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the officers struck Him with the palms of their hands.Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps +65. Then some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the officers struck Him with the palms of their hands. +Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps 66. Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came. 67. And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with Jesus of Nazareth." @@ -121,3 +128,4 @@ And a little later those who stood by said to Peter again, "Surely you are one o 72. A second time the rooster crowed. Then Peter called to mind the word that Jesus had said to him, *"Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times."* And when he thought about it, he wept. + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md index a063cfd4..b80dd063 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ He answered and said to him, *"It is as you say."* 3. And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing. 4. Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, "Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!" -5. But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.Taking the Place of Barabbas +5. But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled. +Taking the Place of Barabbas 6. Now at the feast he was accustomed to releasing one prisoner to them, whomever they requested. 7. And there was one named Barabbas, who was chained with his fellow rebels; they had committed murder in the rebellion. @@ -23,13 +24,15 @@ He answered and said to him, *"It is as you say."* 14. Then Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they cried out all the more, "Crucify Him!" -15. So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified.The Soldiers Mock Jesus +15. So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified. +The Soldiers Mock Jesus 16. Then the soldiers led Him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison. 17. And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head, 18. and began to salute Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 19. Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him. -20. And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.The King on a Cross +20. And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him. +The King on a Cross 21. Then they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His cross. 22. And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. @@ -48,7 +51,8 @@ THE KING OF THE JEWS. 31. Likewise the chief priests also, mocking among themselves with the scribes, said, "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. 32. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe." -Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.Jesus Dies on the Cross +Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him. +Jesus Dies on the Cross 33. Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, *"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"* @@ -62,7 +66,8 @@ Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.Jesus Dies on the Cross 39. So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God!" 40. There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome, -41. who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb +41. who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. +Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb 42. Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43. Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. @@ -72,3 +77,4 @@ Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.Jesus Dies on the Cross 47. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid. + diff --git a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md index c5f59817..d6688582 100644 --- a/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md @@ -10,14 +10,17 @@ He Is Risen 6. But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. 7. But go, tell His disciples--and Peter--that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you." -8. So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord +8. So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. +Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord 9. Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. 10. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. -11. And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.Jesus Appears to Two Disciples +11. And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. +Jesus Appears to Two Disciples 12. After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. -13. And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.The Great Commission +13. And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either. +The Great Commission 14. Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15. And He said to them, *"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.* @@ -29,3 +32,4 @@ He Is Risen 20. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md index 2f115121..4c89c5b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 1. Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us, 2. just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, 3. it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, -4. that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.John's Birth Announced to Zacharias +4. that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed. +John's Birth Announced to Zacharias + 5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. @@ -32,7 +34,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 23. So it was, as soon as the days of his service were completed, that he departed to his own house. 24. Now after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying, -25. "Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."Christ's Birth Announced to Mary +25. "Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people." +Christ's Birth Announced to Mary + 26. Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27. to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. @@ -50,7 +54,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 36. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37. For with God nothing will be impossible." -38. Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.Mary Visits Elizabeth +38. Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. +Mary Visits Elizabeth + 39. Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40. and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. @@ -58,7 +64,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 42. Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43. But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44. For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. -45. Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord."The Song of Mary +45. Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord." +The Song of Mary + 46. And Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord, @@ -89,10 +97,14 @@ In remembrance of His mercy, 55. As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever." -56. And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her house.Birth of John the Baptist +56. And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her house. +Birth of John the Baptist + 57. Now Elizabeth's full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. -58. When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her.Circumcision of John the Baptist +58. When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her. +Circumcision of John the Baptist + 59. So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias. 60. His mother answered and said, "No; he shall be called John." @@ -103,7 +115,9 @@ To Abraham and to his seed forever." 63. And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, "His name is John." So they all marveled. 64. Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God. 65. Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; and all these sayings were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea. -66. And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, "What kind of child will this be?" And the hand of the Lord was with him.Zacharias' Prophecy +66. And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, "What kind of child will this be?" And the hand of the Lord was with him. +Zacharias' Prophecy + 67. Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: @@ -145,3 +159,4 @@ To guide our feet into the way of peace." 80. So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md index 37aa5cd5..c97eda76 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Christ Born of Mary 4. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5. to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6. So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. -7. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.Glory in the Highest +7. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. +Glory in the Highest + 8. Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. @@ -26,13 +28,19 @@ And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" 17. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. 18. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. -20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.Circumcision of Jesus +20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them. +Circumcision of Jesus + + +21. And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. +Jesus Presented in the Temple -21. And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.Jesus Presented in the Temple 22. Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23. (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"), -24. and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."Simeon Sees God's Salvation +24. and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons." +Simeon Sees God's Salvation + 25. And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. @@ -51,14 +59,20 @@ And the glory of Your people Israel." 33. And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him. 34. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against -35. (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."Anna Bears Witness to the Redeemer +35. (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." +Anna Bears Witness to the Redeemer + 36. Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; 37. and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. -38. And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.The Family Returns to Nazareth +38. And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem. +The Family Returns to Nazareth + 39. So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. -40. And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.The Boy Jesus Amazes the Scholars +40. And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. +The Boy Jesus Amazes the Scholars + 41. His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. @@ -70,9 +84,12 @@ And the glory of Your people Israel." 48. So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously." 49. And He said to them, *"Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?"* -50. But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them.Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor +50. But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them. +Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor + 51. Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. 52. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md index 073cb1ff..eadfd949 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content 18. And with many other exhortations he preached to the people. 19. But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, -20. also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.John Baptizes Jesus +20. also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison. +John Baptizes Jesus 21. When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. 22. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased."The Genealogy of Jesus Christ @@ -60,3 +61,4 @@ So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content 38. the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md index ed2cdfb9..3a9f0f23 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md @@ -25,23 +25,31 @@ Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' " 12. And Jesus answered and said to him, *"It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.' "* -13. Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry +13. Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time. +Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 14. Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. -15. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.Jesus Rejected at Nazareth +15. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. +Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 16. So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: 18. *"The Spirit of the Lord* is upon Me, -*Because He has anointed Me* -*To preach the gospel to the poor;* -*He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,* -*To proclaim liberty to the captives* +* +Because He has anointed Me* +* +To preach the gospel to the poor;* +* +He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,* +* +To proclaim liberty to the captives* *And recovery of sight to the blind,* -*To set at liberty those who are oppressed;* +* +To set at liberty those who are oppressed;* -19. *To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord*." +19. * +To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord*." 20. Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21. And He began to say to them, *"Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."* @@ -55,7 +63,8 @@ Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' " 28. So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29. and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. -30. Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit +30. Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way. +Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 31. Then He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. 32. And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority. @@ -64,17 +73,21 @@ Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' " 35. But Jesus rebuked him, saying, *"Be quiet, and come out of him!"* And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. 36. Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, "What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out." -37. And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed +37. And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region. +Peter's Mother-in-Law Healed 38. Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon's house. But Simon's wife's mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. -39. So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset +39. So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them. +Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset 40. When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. 41. And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" -And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.Jesus Preaches in Galilee +And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ. +Jesus Preaches in Galilee 42. Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; 43. but He said to them, *"I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent."* 44. And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md index 60a95f1c..7eeffa96 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Four Fishermen Called as Disciples 9. For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10. and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, *"Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men."* -11. So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.Jesus Cleanses a Leper +11. So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him. +Jesus Cleanses a Leper 12. And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." @@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ Four Fishermen Called as Disciples 14. And He charged him to tell no one, *"But go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as a testimony to them, just as Moses commanded."* 15. However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. -16. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic +16. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. +Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic 17. Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 18. Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. @@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ Four Fishermen Called as Disciples 30. And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" 31. Jesus answered and said to them, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.* -32. *I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."*Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting +32. *I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."*Jesus Is Questioned +About Fasting 33. Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?" @@ -59,3 +62,4 @@ Four Fishermen Called as Disciples 39. *And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.' "* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md index f26a9f6a..47225c8d 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md @@ -13,46 +13,62 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 8. But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, *"Arise and stand here."* And he arose and stood. 9. Then Jesus said to them, *"I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?"* 10. And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, *"Stretch out your hand."* And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. -11. But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.The Twelve Apostles +11. But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus. +The Twelve Apostles 12. Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13. And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: 14. Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; 15. Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot; -16. Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor.Jesus Heals a Great Multitude +16. Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor. +Jesus Heals a Great Multitude 17. And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, 18. as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. -19. And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.The Beatitudes +19. And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all. +The Beatitudes 20. Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: *"Blessed are you poor,* -*For yours is the kingdom of God.* +* +For yours is the kingdom of God.* 21. *Blessed are you who hunger now,* -*For you shall be filled.* +* +For you shall be filled.* *Blessed are you who weep now,* -*For you shall laugh.* +* +For you shall laugh.* 22. *Blessed are you when men hate you,* -*And when they exclude you,* +* +And when they exclude you,* *And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,* -*For the Son of Man's sake.* +* +For the Son of Man's sake.* 23. *Rejoice in that day and leap for joy!* -*For indeed your reward is great in heaven,* -*For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.*Jesus Pronounces Woes +* +For indeed your reward is great in heaven,* +* +For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.* +Jesus Pronounces Woes + 24. *"But woe to you who are rich,* -*For you have received your consolation.* +* +For you have received your consolation.* 25. *Woe to you who are full,* -*For you shall hunger.* +* +For you shall hunger.* *Woe to you who laugh now,* -*For you shall mourn and weep.* +* +For you shall mourn and weep.* 26. *Woe to you when all men speak well of you,* -*For so did their fathers to the false prophets.*Love Your Enemies +* +For so did their fathers to the false prophets.*Love Your Enemies 27. *"But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,* 28. *bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.* @@ -60,23 +76,33 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 30. *Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.* 31. *And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.* -32. *"But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.* -33. *And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.* -34. *And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.* -35. *But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.* +32. *"But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? +For even sinners love those who love them.* +33. *And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? +For even sinners do the same.* +34. *And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? +For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.* +35. *But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. +For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.* 36. *Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.*Do Not Judge -37. *"Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.* -38. *Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."* +37. *"Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. +Forgive, and you will be forgiven.* +38. *Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. +For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."* 39. And He spoke a parable to them: *"Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?* 40. *A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.* 41. *And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye?* 42. *Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother's eye.*A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit -43. *"For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.* -44. *For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.* -45. *A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.*Build on the Rock +43. *" +For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.* +44. * +For every tree is known by its own fruit. +For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.* +45. *A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. +For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.*Build on the Rock 46. *"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?* 47. *Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:* @@ -84,3 +110,4 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 49. *But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md index d0f9c34b..dae21c05 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant 8. For I also am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 9. When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, *"I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!"* -10. And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant well who had been sick.Jesus Raises the Son of the Widow of Nain +10. And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant well who had been sick. +Jesus Raises the Son of the Widow of Nain + 11. Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. 12. And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. @@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant 15. So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. 16. Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people." -17. And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region.John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus +17. And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region. +John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus 18. Then the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these things. 19. And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?" @@ -53,7 +56,9 @@ Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant 33. *For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'* 34. *The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'* -35. *But wisdom is justified by all her children."*A Sinful Woman Forgiven +35. *But wisdom is justified by all her children."* +A Sinful Woman Forgiven + 36. Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat. 37. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, @@ -80,3 +85,4 @@ And He said to him, *"You have rightly judged."* 50. Then He said to the woman, *"Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md index 07753fbc..688be494 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Many Women Minister to Jesus # Chapter 8 1. Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, 2. and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities--Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, -3. and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance.The Parable of the Sower +3. and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance. +The Parable of the Sower 4. And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke by a parable: 5. *"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.* @@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ And he said, "Legion," because many demons had entered him. 37. Then the whole multitude of the surrounding region of the Gadarenes asked Him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. And He got into the boat and returned. 38. Now the man from whom the demons had departed begged Him that he might be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, -39. *"Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you."* And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed +39. *"Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you."* And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. +A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed + 40. So it was, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed Him, for they were all waiting for Him. 41. And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged Him to come to his house, @@ -86,3 +89,4 @@ When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes thron 56. And her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md index b0ed2357..97b972fd 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md @@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ Sending Out the Twelve 4. *"Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.* 5. *And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them."* -6. So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.Herod Seeks to See Jesus +6. So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. +Herod Seeks to See Jesus 7. Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Him; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, 8. and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again. -9. Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things?" So he sought to see Him.Feeding the Five Thousand +9. Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things?" So he sought to see Him. +Feeding the Five Thousand 10. And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11. But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. @@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ Then He said to His disciples, *"Make them sit down in groups of fifty."* 15. And they did so, and made them all sit down. 16. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. -17. So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them.Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ +17. So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them. +Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 18. And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, *"Who do the crowds say that I am?"* @@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ Peter answered and said, "The Christ of God."Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurr 34. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered the cloud. 35. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!" -36. When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.A Boy Is Healed +36. When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen. +A Boy Is Healed 37. Now it happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met Him. 38. Suddenly a man from the multitude cried out, saying, "Teacher, I implore You, look on my son, for he is my only child. @@ -60,12 +64,14 @@ Peter answered and said, "The Christ of God."Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurr 40. So I implored Your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." 41. Then Jesus answered and said, *"O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."* -42. And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father.Jesus Again Predicts His Death +42. And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father. +Jesus Again Predicts His Death 43. And they were all amazed at the majesty of God. But while everyone marveled at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples, 44. *"Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."* -45. But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.Who Is the Greatest? +45. But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying. +Who Is the Greatest? 46. Then a dispute arose among them as to which of them would be greatest. 47. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him, @@ -73,7 +79,9 @@ But while everyone marveled at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His di 49. Now John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us." -50. But Jesus said to him, *"Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side."*A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior +50. But Jesus said to him, *"Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side."* +A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior + 51. Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52. and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. @@ -81,7 +89,8 @@ But while everyone marveled at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His di 54. And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?" 55. But He turned and rebuked them, and said, *"You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.* -56. *For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them."* And they went to another village.The Cost of Discipleship +56. *For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them."* And they went to another village. +The Cost of Discipleship 57. Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, "Lord, I will follow You wherever You go." @@ -97,3 +106,4 @@ But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." 62. But Jesus said to him, *"No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md index 45abfe00..918de4c2 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ The Seventy Sent Out 13. *"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.* 14. *But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.* 15. *And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.* -16. *He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."*The Seventy Return with Joy +16. *He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."* +The Seventy Return with Joy + 17. Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." @@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ The Seventy Sent Out 36. *So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?"* 37. And he said, "He who showed mercy on him." -Then Jesus said to him, *"Go and do likewise."*Mary and Martha Worship and Serve +Then Jesus said to him, *"Go and do likewise."* +Mary and Martha Worship and Serve + 38. Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. @@ -60,3 +64,4 @@ Then Jesus said to him, *"Go and do likewise."*Mary and Martha Worship and Serve 42. *But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md index 4bc12d71..dbdf1acb 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Model Prayer 4. *And forgive us our sins,* *For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.* *And do not lead us into temptation,* -*But deliver us from the evil one."*A Friend Comes at Midnight +*But deliver us from the evil one."* +A Friend Comes at Midnight + 5. And He said to them, *"Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;* 6. *for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him';* @@ -42,7 +44,9 @@ The Model Prayer 24. *"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'* 25. *And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.* -26. *Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."*Keeping the Word +26. *Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."* +Keeping the Word + 27. And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!" @@ -56,7 +60,9 @@ The Model Prayer 33. *"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.* 34. *The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.* 35. *Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.* -36. *If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."*Woe to the Pharisees and Lawyers +36. *If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."* +Woe to the Pharisees and Lawyers + 37. And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat. 38. When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner. @@ -84,3 +90,4 @@ The Model Prayer 54. lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md index 2874f8e9..2f89a7a1 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Beware of Hypocrisy 10. *"And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.* 11. *"Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say.* -12. *For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."*The Parable of the Rich Fool +12. *For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."* +The Parable of the Rich Fool + 13. Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." @@ -73,10 +75,13 @@ Beware of Hypocrisy 54. Then He also said to the multitudes, *"Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming'; and so it is.* 55. *And when you see the south wind blow, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is.* -56. *Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?*Make Peace with Your Adversary +56. *Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?* +Make Peace with Your Adversary + 57. *"Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?* 58. *When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.* 59. *I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite."* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md index f5d5cbf3..019530eb 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md @@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ Repent or Perish 2. And Jesus answered and said to them, *"Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?* 3. *I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.* 4. *Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?* -5. *I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."*The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree +5. *I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."* +The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree + 6. He also spoke this parable: *"A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.* 7. *Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?'* 8. *But he answered and said to him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.* -9. *And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.' "*A Spirit of Infirmity +9. *And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.' "* +A Spirit of Infirmity + 10. Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11. And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. @@ -21,7 +25,8 @@ Repent or Perish 15. The Lord then answered him and said, *"Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?* 16. *So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound--think of it--for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"* -17. And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.The Parable of the Mustard Seed +17. And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him. +The Parable of the Mustard Seed 18. Then He said, *"What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?* 19. *It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches."*The Parable of the Leaven @@ -42,10 +47,12 @@ And He said to them, 31. On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, "Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You." -32. And He said to them, *"Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.'* +32. +And He said to them, *"Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.'* 33. *Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.*Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 34. *"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!* 35. *See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' "* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md index 311366ff..555781e1 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ A Man with Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath 4. But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. 5. Then He answered them, saying, *"Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"* -6. And they could not answer Him regarding these things.Take the Lowly Place +6. And they could not answer Him regarding these things. +Take the Lowly Place + 7. So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: 8. *"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;* @@ -45,3 +47,4 @@ A Man with Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath 35. *It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md index 479e970e..ee1f5984 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md @@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ The Parable of the Lost Sheep 4. *"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?* 5. *And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.* 6. *And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'* -7. *I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.*The Parable of the Lost Coin +7. *I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.* +The Parable of the Lost Coin + 8. *"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?* 9. *And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!'* -10. *Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."*The Parable of the Lost Son +10. *Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."* +The Parable of the Lost Son + 11. Then He said: *"A certain man had two sons.* 12. *And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood.* @@ -44,3 +48,4 @@ The Parable of the Lost Sheep 32. *It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.' "* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md index 334d590f..83eff828 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ The Parable of the Unjust Steward 11. *Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?* 12. *And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own?* -13. *"No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."*The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom +13. *"No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."* +The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom + 14. Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him. 15. And He said to them, *"You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.* @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ The Parable of the Unjust Steward 16. *"The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.* 17. *And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.* -18. *"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.*The Rich Man and Lazarus +18. *"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.* +The Rich Man and Lazarus + 19. *"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.* 20. *But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,* @@ -44,3 +48,4 @@ The Parable of the Unjust Steward 31. *But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.' "* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md index d8ca9cfe..4ed36e2c 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Jesus Warns of Offenses 7. *And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?* 8. *But will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'?* 9. *Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.* -10. *So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.' "*Ten Lepers Cleansed +10. *So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.' "* +Ten Lepers Cleansed + 11. Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12. Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. @@ -51,3 +53,4 @@ Jesus Warns of Offenses So He said to them, *"Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md index da3cc79c..d20fdb42 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Parable of the Persistent Widow 6. Then the Lord said, *"Hear what the unjust judge said.* 7. *And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?* -8. *I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"*The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector +8. *I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"* +The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector + 9. Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10. *"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.* @@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ The Parable of the Persistent Widow 22. So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, *"You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."* -23. But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.With God All Things Are Possible +23. But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich. +With God All Things Are Possible 24. And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, *"How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!* 25. *For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."* @@ -49,7 +52,8 @@ The Parable of the Persistent Widow 32. *For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.* 33. *They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again."* -34. But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.A Blind Man Receives His Sight +34. But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken. +A Blind Man Receives His Sight 35. Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. 36. And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. @@ -66,3 +70,4 @@ He said, "Lord, that I may receive my sight." 43. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md index 6ea8e9ab..2b5bcb9b 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 39. And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples." -40. But He answered and said to them, *"I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out."*Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem +40. But He answered and said to them, *"I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out."* +Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem + 41. Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42. saying, *"If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.* @@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 48. and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md index e9fb5cd6..a700b946 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ And when they heard it they said, "Certainly not!" 18. *Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."* -19. And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar? +19. And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them. +The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar? 20. So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor. @@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ They answered and said, "Caesar's." 25. And He said to them, *"Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."* -26. But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection? +26. But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent. +The Sadducees: What +About the Resurrection? 27. Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 28. saying: "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. @@ -60,7 +63,8 @@ They answered and said, "Caesar's." 38. *For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him."* 39. Then some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well." -40. But after that they dared not question Him anymore.Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord? +40. But after that they dared not question Him anymore. +Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord? 41. And He said to them, *"How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?* 42. *Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms:* @@ -76,3 +80,4 @@ They answered and said, "Caesar's." 47. *who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."* + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md index 19d3bfae..41196e72 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ The Widow's Two Mites 38. Then early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple to hear Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md index b92ca41c..42a1e633 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 3. Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. 4. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. 5. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. -6. So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude.Jesus and His Disciples Prepare the Passover +6. So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude. +Jesus and His Disciples Prepare the Passover + 7. Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. 8. And He sent Peter and John, saying, *"Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."* @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 11. *Then you shall say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?" '* 12. *Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready."* -13. So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper +13. So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover. +Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper + 14. When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. 15. Then He said to them, *"With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;* @@ -33,7 +37,10 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 21. *But behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table.* 22. *And truly the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!"* -23. Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.The Disciples Argue About Greatness +23. Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing. +The Disciples Argue +About Greatness + 24. Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. 25. And He said to them, *"The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called 'benefactors.'* @@ -49,7 +56,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 33. But he said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death." -34. Then He said, *"I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me."*Supplies for the Road +34. Then He said, *"I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me."* +Supplies for the Road + 35. And He said to them, *"When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?"* So they said, "Nothing." @@ -96,11 +105,13 @@ But Peter said, "Man, I am not!" 60. But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are saying!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, *"Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."* -62. So Peter went out and wept bitterly.Jesus Mocked and Beaten +62. So Peter went out and wept bitterly. +Jesus Mocked and Beaten 63. Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him. 64. And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?" -65. And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin +65. And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him. +Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin 66. As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying, 67. "If You are the Christ, tell us." @@ -114,3 +125,4 @@ So He said to them, *"You rightly say that I am."* 71. And they said, "What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth." + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md index 65114c07..efbf9b45 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ He answered him and said, *"It is as you say."* 4. So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no fault in this Man." -5. But they were the more fierce, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place."Jesus Faces Herod +5. But they were the more fierce, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place." +Jesus Faces Herod + 6. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the Man were a Galilean. 7. And as soon as he knew that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. @@ -17,7 +19,8 @@ He answered him and said, *"It is as you say."* 9. Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing. 10. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him. 11. Then Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate. -12. That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.Taking the Place of Barabbas +12. That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other. +Taking the Place of Barabbas 13. Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, 14. said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him; @@ -35,7 +38,8 @@ He answered him and said, *"It is as you say."* 23. But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed. 24. So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested. -25. And he released to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.The King on a Cross +25. And he released to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will. +The King on a Cross 26. Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. @@ -72,7 +76,8 @@ THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 47. So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous Man!" 48. And the whole crowd who came together to that sight, seeing what had been done, beat their breasts and returned. -49. But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb +49. But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. +Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb 50. Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man. 51. He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God. @@ -84,3 +89,4 @@ THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 56. Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. + diff --git a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md index 03e83908..2c3bd6bd 100644 --- a/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ He Is Risen 9. Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles. 11. And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them. -12. But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.The Road to Emmaus +12. But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened. +The Road to Emmaus 13. Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. 14. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. @@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet 25. Then He said to them, *"O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!* 26. *Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?"* -27. And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.The Disciples' Eyes Opened +27. And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. +The Disciples' Eyes Opened + 28. Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. 29. But they constrained Him, saying, "Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." And He went in to stay with them. @@ -45,7 +48,8 @@ So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet 32. And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?" 33. So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34. saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" -35. And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.Jesus Appears to His Disciples +35. And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread. +Jesus Appears to His Disciples 36. Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, *"Peace to you."* 37. But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. @@ -55,7 +59,9 @@ So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet 40. When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 41. But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, *"Have you any food here?"* 42. So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. -43. And He took it and ate in their presence.The Scriptures Opened +43. And He took it and ate in their presence. +The Scriptures Opened + 44. Then He said to them, *"These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."* 45. And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. @@ -71,3 +77,4 @@ So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet 53. and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_01.md index c1540b58..7c33bc71 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_01.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Eternal Word 2. He was in the beginning with God. 3. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. -5. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.John's Witness: The True Light +5. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. +John's Witness: The True Light + 6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ The Eternal Word 10. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: -13. who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.The Word Becomes Flesh +13. who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. +The Word Becomes Flesh + 14. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. @@ -23,7 +27,8 @@ The Eternal Word 16. And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. -18. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.A Voice in the Wilderness +18. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. +A Voice in the Wilderness 19. Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" @@ -47,7 +52,8 @@ as the prophet Isaiah said." 26. John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27. It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose." -28. These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.The Lamb of God +28. These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. +The Lamb of God 29. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30. This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.' @@ -55,7 +61,9 @@ as the prophet Isaiah said." 32. And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33. I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' -34. And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God."The First Disciples +34. And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God." +The First Disciples + 35. Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36. And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" @@ -69,7 +77,9 @@ They said to Him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), "where ar 40. One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41. He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ). 42. And he brought him to Jesus. -Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, *"You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas"* (which is translated, A Stone).Philip and Nathanael +Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, *"You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas"* (which is translated, A Stone). +Philip and Nathanael + 43. The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, *"Follow Me."* 44. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. @@ -89,3 +99,4 @@ Jesus answered and said to him, *"Before Philip called you, when you were under 51. And He said to him, *"Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_02.md index faff762e..53d82cb1 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_02.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Water Turned to Wine 11. This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. -12. After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.Jesus Cleanses the Temple +12. After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days. +Jesus Cleanses the Temple 13. Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. @@ -32,10 +33,13 @@ Water Turned to Wine 20. Then the Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" 21. But He was speaking of the temple of His body. -22. Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.The Discerner of Hearts +22. Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. +The Discerner of Hearts + 23. Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24. But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25. and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_03.md index 4ed5d67c..09da2212 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_03.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ The New Birth 18. *"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.* 19. *And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.* 20. *For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.* -21. *But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."*John the Baptist Exalts Christ +21. *But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."* +John the Baptist Exalts Christ + 22. After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23. Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ The New Birth 36. He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_04.md index 28d7024e..039dd70c 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_04.md @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ Jesus said to her, *"You have well said, 'I have no husband,'* 25. The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." -26. Jesus said to her, *"I who speak to you am He."*The Whitened Harvest +26. Jesus said to her, *"I who speak to you am He."* +The Whitened Harvest + 27. And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?" @@ -58,17 +60,23 @@ Jesus said to her, *"You have well said, 'I have no husband,'* 35. *Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!* 36. *And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.* 37. *For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.'* -38. *I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors."*The Savior of the World +38. *I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors."* +The Savior of the World + 39. And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all that I ever did." 40. So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41. And many more believed because of His own word. -42. Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."Welcome at Galilee +42. Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world." +Welcome at Galilee + 43. Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. 44. For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. -45. So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.A Nobleman's Son Healed +45. So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast. +A Nobleman's Son Healed + 46. So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. @@ -85,3 +93,4 @@ Jesus said to her, *"You have well said, 'I have no husband,'* 54. This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_05.md index c32b5036..898e7493 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_05.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ And that day was the Sabbath. 13. But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, *"See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you."* -15. The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.Honor the Father and the Son +15. The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. +Honor the Father and the Son + 16. For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17. But Jesus answered them, *"My Father has been working until now, and I have been working."* @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ And that day was the Sabbath. 20. *For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.* 21. *For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.* 22. *For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,* -23. *that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.*Life and Judgment Are Through the Son +23. *that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.* +Life and Judgment Are Through the Son + 24. *"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.* 25. *Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.* @@ -39,7 +43,9 @@ And that day was the Sabbath. 27. *and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.* 28. *Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice* 29. *and come forth--**those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.* -30. *I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.*The Fourfold Witness +30. *I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.* +The Fourfold Witness + 31. *"If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.* 32. *There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.* @@ -61,3 +67,4 @@ And that day was the Sabbath. 47. *But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_06.md index a50b2a73..ad56d53d 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_06.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Feeding the Five Thousand 18. Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. 19. So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid. 20. But He said to them, *"It is I; do not be afraid."* -21. Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.The Bread from Heaven +21. Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going. +The Bread from Heaven + 22. On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone-- 23. however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks-- @@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ Feeding the Five Thousand 37. *All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.* 38. *For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.* 39. *This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.* -40. *And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day."*Rejected by His Own +40. *And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day."* +Rejected by His Own + 41. The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, *"I am the bread which came down from heaven."* 42. And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, *'I have come down from heaven'*?" @@ -78,7 +82,9 @@ Feeding the Five Thousand 57. *As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.* 58. *This is the bread which came down from heaven--not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever."* -59. These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.Many Disciples Turn Away +59. These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. +Many Disciples Turn Away + 60. Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" @@ -98,3 +104,4 @@ Feeding the Five Thousand 71. He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_07.md index bcbc8682..12be5ee8 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_07.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Jesus' Brothers Disbelieve 6. Then Jesus said to them, *"My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.* 7. *The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.* 8. *You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come."* -9. When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.The Heavenly Scholar +9. When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee. +The Heavenly Scholar + 10. But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. 11. Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, "Where is He?" @@ -40,25 +42,32 @@ Jesus' Brothers Disbelieve 29. *But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."* 30. Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. -31. And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?"Jesus and the Religious Leaders +31. And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?" +Jesus and the Religious Leaders + 32. The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. 33. Then Jesus said to them, *"I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.* 34. *You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come."* 35. Then the Jews said among themselves, "Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? -36. What is this thing that He said, *'You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come'*?"The Promise of the Holy Spirit +36. What is this thing that He said, *'You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come'*?" +The Promise of the Holy Spirit + 37. On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, *"If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.* 38. *He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."* -39. But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.Who Is He? +39. But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. +Who Is He? 40. Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, "Truly this is the Prophet." 41. Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42. Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?" 43. So there was a division among the people because of Him. -44. Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.Rejected by the Authorities +44. Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him. +Rejected by the Authorities + 45. Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why have you not brought Him?" @@ -71,8 +80,11 @@ But some said, "Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 50. Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them, 51. "Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?" -52. They answered and said to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World +52. They answered and said to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee." +An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World + 53. And everyone went to his own house. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_08.md index d46e34dc..6cbc7f43 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_08.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Jesus the Light of the World 11. She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, *"Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."* -12. Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, *"I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."*Jesus Defends His Self-Witness +12. Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, *"I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."* +Jesus Defends His Self-Witness + 13. The Pharisees therefore said to Him, "You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true." @@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ And Jesus said to her, *"Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."* 19. Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, *"You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also."* -20. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come.Jesus Predicts His Departure +20. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come. +Jesus Predicts His Departure + 21. Then Jesus said to them again, *"I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come."* @@ -47,7 +51,9 @@ And Jesus said to them, *"Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning 28. Then Jesus said to them, *"When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.* 29. *And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him."* -30. As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.The Truth Shall Make You Free +30. As He spoke these words, many believed in Him. +The Truth Shall Make You Free + 31. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, *"If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.* 32. *And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."* @@ -56,7 +62,9 @@ And Jesus said to them, *"Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning 34. Jesus answered them, *"Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.* 35. *And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.* -36. *Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.*Abraham's Seed and Satan's +36. *Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.* +Abraham's Seed and Satan's + 37. *"I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.* 38. *I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father."* @@ -72,7 +80,9 @@ Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father--God 44. *You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.* 45. *But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.* 46. *Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?* -47. *He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."*Before Abraham Was, I AM +47. *He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."* +Before Abraham Was, I AM + 48. Then the Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?" @@ -94,3 +104,4 @@ Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father--God 59. Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_09.md index 582e3e38..234171b3 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_09.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ He said, "I am he." 11. He answered and said, "A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, *'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.'* So I went and washed, and I received sight." 12. Then they said to him, "Where is He?" -He said, "I do not know."The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man +He said, "I do not know." +The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man + 13. They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14. Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. @@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ He said, "He is a prophet." 32. Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33. If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing." -34. They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out.True Vision and True Blindness +34. They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out. +True Vision and True Blindness + 35. Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, *"Do you believe in the Son of God?"* @@ -74,3 +78,4 @@ He said, "He is a prophet." 41. Jesus said to them, *"If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_10.md index 4dfd38b0..202c6c5a 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_10.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Jesus the True Shepherd 3. *To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.* 4. *And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.* 5. *Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."* -6. Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.Jesus the Good Shepherd +6. Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. +Jesus the Good Shepherd + 7. Then Jesus said to them again, *"Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.* 8. *All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.* @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ Jesus the True Shepherd 19. Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. 20. And many of them said, "He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?" -21. Others said, "These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"The Shepherd Knows His Sheep +21. Others said, "These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?" +The Shepherd Knows His Sheep + 22. Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23. And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. @@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ Jesus the True Shepherd 27. *My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.* 28. *And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.* 29. *My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.* -30. *I and My Father are one."*Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus +30. *I and My Father are one."* +Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus + 31. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32. Jesus answered them, *"Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"* @@ -49,10 +55,13 @@ Jesus the True Shepherd 36. *do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?* 37. *If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;* 38. *but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."* -39. Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.The Believers Beyond Jordan +39. Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand. +The Believers Beyond Jordan + 40. And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. 41. Then many came to Him and said, "John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true." 42. And many believed in Him there. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_11.md index 95bdf154..8f629f84 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_11.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ The Death of Lazarus 14. Then Jesus said to them plainly, *"Lazarus is dead.* 15. *And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."* -16. Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him."I Am the Resurrection and the Life +16. Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him." +I Am the Resurrection and the Life + 17. So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. @@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ The Death of Lazarus 25. Jesus said to her, *"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.* 26. *And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"* -27. She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy +27. She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world." +Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy + 28. And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." 29. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. @@ -56,7 +60,9 @@ They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." 35. Jesus wept. 36. Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him!" -37. And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?"Lazarus Raised from the Dead +37. And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?" +Lazarus Raised from the Dead + 38. Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39. Jesus said, *"Take away the stone."* @@ -86,3 +92,4 @@ Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there i 57. Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_12.md index ab8d104d..e0fee713 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_12.md @@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ The Anointing at Bethany 6. This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. 7. But Jesus said, *"Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.* -8. *For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always."*The Plot to Kill Lazarus +8. *For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always."* +The Plot to Kill Lazarus + 9. Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. 10. But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, -11. because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.The Triumphal Entry +11. because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus. +The Triumphal Entry 12. The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13. took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: @@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ Sitting on a donkey's colt." 17. Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. 18. For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign. -19. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!"The Fruitful Grain of Wheat +19. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!" +The Fruitful Grain of Wheat + 20. Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. 21. Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." @@ -42,7 +47,9 @@ Sitting on a donkey's colt." 23. But Jesus answered them, saying, *"The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.* 24. *Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.* 25. *He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.* -26. *If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.*Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross +26. *If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.* +Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross + 27. *"Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.* 28. *Father, glorify Your name."* @@ -58,7 +65,8 @@ Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorif 34. The people answered Him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, *'The Son of Man must be lifted up'*? Who is this Son of Man?" 35. Then Jesus said to them, *"A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.* -36. *While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light."* These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.Who Has Believed Our Report? +36. *While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light."* These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them. +Who Has Believed Our Report? 37. But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, 38. that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: @@ -72,7 +80,9 @@ Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." -41. These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.Walk in the Light +41. These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. +Walk in the Light + 42. Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43. for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. @@ -86,3 +96,4 @@ So that I should heal them." 50. *And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak."* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_13.md index 165d22e8..e13881a1 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_13.md @@ -43,13 +43,17 @@ Jesus answered him, *"If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me."* 28. But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him. 29. For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, "Buy those things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor. -30. Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.The New Commandment +30. Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night. +The New Commandment + 31. So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, *"Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.* 32. *If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately.* 33. *Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot come,' so now I say to you.* 34. *A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.* -35. *By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."*Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial +35. *By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."* +Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial + 36. Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered him, *"Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward."* @@ -59,3 +63,4 @@ Jesus answered him, *"Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall f 38. Jesus answered him, *"Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_14.md index 8e0be19b..e63c7233 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_14.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Way, the Truth, and the Life 5. Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" -6. Jesus said to him, *"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.*The Father Revealed +6. Jesus said to him, *"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.* +The Father Revealed + 7. *"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."* @@ -16,16 +18,22 @@ The Way, the Truth, and the Life 9. Jesus said to him, *"Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?* 10. *Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.* -11. *Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.*The Answered Prayer +11. *Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.* +The Answered Prayer + 12. *"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.* 13. *And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.* -14. *If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.*Jesus Promises Another Helper +14. *If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.* +Jesus Promises Another Helper + 15. *"If you love Me, keep My commandments.* 16. *And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever--* 17. *the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.* -18. *I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.*Indwelling of the Father and the Son +18. *I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.* +Indwelling of the Father and the Son + 19. *"A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.* 20. *At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.* @@ -34,7 +42,9 @@ The Way, the Truth, and the Life 22. Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23. Jesus answered and said to him, *"If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.* -24. *He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.*The Gift of His Peace +24. *He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.* +The Gift of His Peace + 25. *"These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.* 26. *But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.* @@ -46,3 +56,4 @@ The Way, the Truth, and the Life 31. *But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_15.md index d821b0c4..490794a7 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_15.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The True Vine 5. *"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.* 6. *If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.* 7. *If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.* -8. *By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.*Love and Joy Perfected +8. *By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.* +Love and Joy Perfected + 9. *"As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.* 10. *If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.* @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ The True Vine 14. *You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.* 15. *No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.* 16. *You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.* -17. *These things I command you, that you love one another.*The World's Hatred +17. *These things I command you, that you love one another.* +The World's Hatred + 18. *"If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.* 19. *If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.* @@ -29,9 +33,12 @@ The True Vine 22. *If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.* 23. *He who hates Me hates My Father also.* 24. *If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.* -25. *But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'*The Coming Rejection +25. *But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'* +The Coming Rejection + 26. *"But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.* 27. *And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_16.md index dd8c6958..ef856053 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_16.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples 2. *They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.* 3. *And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.* 4. *But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.* -*"And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.*The Work of the Holy Spirit +*"And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.* +The Work of the Holy Spirit + 5. *"But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'* 6. *But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.* @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples 12. *"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.* 13. *However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.* 14. *He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.* -15. *All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.*Sorrow Will Turn to Joy +15. *All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.* +Sorrow Will Turn to Joy + 16. *"A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father."* @@ -31,7 +35,9 @@ Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples 22. *Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.* 23. *"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.* -24. *Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.*Jesus Christ Has Overcome the World +24. *Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.* +Jesus Christ Has Overcome the World + 25. *"These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.* 26. *In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;* @@ -46,3 +52,4 @@ Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples 33. *These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_17.md index de87a6ae..247b92df 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_17.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Jesus Prays for Himself 2. *as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.* 3. *And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.* 4. *I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.* -5. *And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.*Jesus Prays for His Disciples +5. *And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.* +Jesus Prays for His Disciples + 6. *"I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.* 7. *Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.* @@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ Jesus Prays for Himself 16. *They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.* 17. *Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.* 18. *As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.* -19. *And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.*Jesus Prays for All Believers +19. *And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.* +Jesus Prays for All Believers + 20. *"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;* 21. *that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.* @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ Jesus Prays for Himself 26. *And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."* + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_18.md index 3a650ff1..cd7a42a9 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_18.md @@ -18,18 +18,23 @@ And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 10. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. -11. So Jesus said to Peter, *"Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?"*Before the High Priest +11. So Jesus said to Peter, *"Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?"* +Before the High Priest + 12. Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him. 13. And they led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year. -14. Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.Peter Denies Jesus +14. Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. +Peter Denies Jesus 15. And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 16. But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought Peter in. 17. Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Peter, "You are not also one of this Man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not." -18. Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.Jesus Questioned by the High Priest +18. Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself. +Jesus Questioned by the High Priest + 19. The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine. @@ -40,13 +45,16 @@ He said, "I am not." 23. Jesus answered him, *"If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?"* -24. Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.Peter Denies Twice More +24. Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. +Peter Denies Twice More + 25. Now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. Therefore they said to him, "You are not also one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not!" 26. One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?" -27. Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed.In Pilate's Court +27. Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed. +In Pilate's Court 28. Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. But they themselves did not go into the Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover. 29. Pilate then went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?" @@ -68,10 +76,12 @@ Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death, 37. Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, *"You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."* -38. Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no fault in Him at all.Taking the Place of Barabbas +38. Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no fault in Him at all. +Taking the Place of Barabbas 39. "But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 40. Then they all cried again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_19.md index 55695c6c..0e2c203d 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_19.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Soldiers Mock Jesus 2. And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. 3. Then they said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with their hands. -4. Pilate then went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him."Pilate's Decision +4. Pilate then went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him." +Pilate's Decision + 5. Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, "Behold the Man!" @@ -30,7 +32,8 @@ Pilate said to them, "You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him." Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!" -16. Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.The King on a Cross +16. Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away. +The King on a Cross 17. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18. where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. @@ -47,15 +50,21 @@ JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 24. They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots." -Therefore the soldiers did these things.Behold Your Mother +Therefore the soldiers did these things. +Behold Your Mother + 25. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, *"Woman, behold your son!"* -27. Then He said to the disciple, *"Behold your mother!"* And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.It Is Finished +27. Then He said to the disciple, *"Behold your mother!"* And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. +It Is Finished + 28. After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, *"I thirst!"* 29. Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. -30. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, *"It is finished!"* And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.Jesus' Side Is Pierced +30. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, *"It is finished!"* And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. +Jesus' Side Is Pierced + 31. Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32. Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. @@ -72,3 +81,4 @@ Therefore the soldiers did these things.Behold Your Mother 42. So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_20.md index 12952273..a4319897 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_20.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Empty Tomb 7. and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. 8. Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. 9. For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. -10. Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord +10. Then the disciples went away again to their own homes. +Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord + 11. But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. 12. And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. @@ -27,14 +29,17 @@ She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which is to say, Teacher). 17. Jesus said to her, *"Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.' "* -18. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.The Apostles Commissioned +18. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her. +The Apostles Commissioned 19. Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, *"Peace be with you."* 20. When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21. So Jesus said to them again, *"Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."* 22. And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, *"Receive the Holy Spirit.* -23. *If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."*Seeing and Believing +23. *If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."* +Seeing and Believing + 24. Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25. The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." @@ -45,9 +50,12 @@ So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put m 28. And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" -29. Jesus said to him, *"Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."*That You May Believe +29. Jesus said to him, *"Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."* +That You May Believe + 30. And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31. but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. + diff --git a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_21.md index 20bafe3d..33505def 100644 --- a/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/43_John/Chapter_21.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ They answered Him, "No." 12. Jesus said to them, *"Come and eat breakfast."* Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, "Who are You?"--knowing that it was the Lord. 13. Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish. -14. This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.Jesus Restores Peter +14. This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead. +Jesus Restores Peter + 15. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, *"Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?"* He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." @@ -34,7 +36,9 @@ He said to him, *"Tend My sheep."* And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, *"Feed My sheep.* 18. *Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish."* -19. This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, *"Follow Me."*The Beloved Disciple and His Book +19. This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, *"Follow Me."* +The Beloved Disciple and His Book + 20. Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?" 21. Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?" @@ -48,3 +52,4 @@ Jesus said to him, *"Feed My sheep.* 25. And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md index 3a73ff38..4635a118 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Prologue # Chapter 1 1. The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2. until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, -3. to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.The Holy Spirit Promised +3. to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. +The Holy Spirit Promised + 4. And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, *"which," He said, "you have heard from Me;* 5. *for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."* @@ -13,11 +15,14 @@ Prologue 9. Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, -11. who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."The Upper Room Prayer Meeting +11. who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." +The Upper Room Prayer Meeting + 12. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey. 13. And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying: Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James. -14. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.Matthias Chosen +14. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. +Matthias Chosen 15. And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, 16. "Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; @@ -41,3 +46,4 @@ and, 26. And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md index a06ca32b..3fd01bd7 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Coming of the Holy Spirit 1. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. -4. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.The Crowd's Response +4. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. +The Crowd's Response + 5. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. @@ -76,7 +78,9 @@ You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' 37. Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" 38. Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. -39. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."A Vital Church Grows +39. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call." +A Vital Church Grows + 40. And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation." 41. Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. @@ -89,3 +93,4 @@ You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' 47. praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md index 4b418503..72e15892 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ A Lame Man Healed 7. And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God. 9. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. -10. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.Preaching in Solomon's Portico +10. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. +Preaching in Solomon's Portico + 11. Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed. 12. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ A Lame Man Healed 26. To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities." + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md index e44c5c82..2314e487 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Peter and John Arrested 1. Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, 2. being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3. And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. -4. However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.Addressing the Sanhedrin +4. However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. +Addressing the Sanhedrin + 5. And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes, 6. as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. @@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ Peter and John Arrested 9. If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, 10. let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11. This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' -12. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."The Name of Jesus Forbidden +12. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." +The Name of Jesus Forbidden + 13. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. @@ -26,7 +30,8 @@ Peter and John Arrested 19. But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." 21. So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done. -22. For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.Prayer for Boldness +22. For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed. +Prayer for Boldness 23. And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24. So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, @@ -43,7 +48,9 @@ Against the Lord and against His Christ.' 29. Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30. by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." -31. And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.Sharing in All Things +31. And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. +Sharing in All Things + 32. Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. 33. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. @@ -54,3 +61,4 @@ Against the Lord and against His Christ.' 37. having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md index 1ed8edd9..3d36ef86 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md @@ -15,20 +15,26 @@ She said, "Yes, for so much." 9. Then Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out." 10. Then immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband. -11. So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.Continuing Power in the Church +11. So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things. +Continuing Power in the Church + 12. And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch. 13. Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. 14. And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, 15. so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. -16. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.Imprisoned Apostles Freed +16. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed. +Imprisoned Apostles Freed + 17. Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation, 18. and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison. 19. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, 20. "Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life." -21. And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.Apostles on Trial Again +21. And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. +Apostles on Trial Again + 22. But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported, 23. saying, "Indeed we found the prison shut securely, and the guards standing outside before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside!" @@ -42,7 +48,9 @@ She said, "Yes, for so much." 29. But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men. 30. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. 31. Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. -32. And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him."Gamaliel's Advice +32. And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him." +Gamaliel's Advice + 33. When they heard this, they were furious and plotted to kill them. 34. Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in respect by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a little while. @@ -57,3 +65,4 @@ She said, "Yes, for so much." 42. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md index 23985cd8..937f4c6d 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Seven Chosen to Serve 5. And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, 6. whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them. -7. Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.Stephen Accused of Blasphemy +7. Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. +Stephen Accused of Blasphemy + 8. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9. Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ Seven Chosen to Serve 15. And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md index 51977864..e63c2b0b 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md @@ -3,53 +3,74 @@ Stephen's Address: The Call of Abraham # Chapter 7 1. Then the high priest said, "Are these things so?" -2. And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, +2. +And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3. and said to him, 'Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.' -4. Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. -5. And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. +4. Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. +And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. +5. +And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6. But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. -7. 'And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.' -8. Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.The Patriarchs in Egypt +7. ' +And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.' +8. Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs. +The Patriarchs in Egypt -9. "And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him + +9. " +And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him 10. and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11. Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12. But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. -13. And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to the Pharaoh. +13. +And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to the Pharaoh. 14. Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. 15. So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. -16. And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.God Delivers Israel by Moses +16. +And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. +God Delivers Israel by Moses + 17. "But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18. till another king arose who did not know Joseph. 19. This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20. At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father's house for three months. 21. But when he was set out, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. -22. And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. +22. +And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. 23. "Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. -24. And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. +24. +And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25. For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. -26. And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?' +26. +And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?' 27. But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28. Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?' 29. Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons. -30. "And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. +30. " +And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31. When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, -32. saying, 'I am the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and dared not look. +32. saying, 'I am the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' +And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33. 'Then the Lord said to him, "Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. -34. I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt." ' +34. I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. +And now come, I will send you to Egypt." ' 35. "This Moses whom they rejected, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. -36. He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.Israel Rebels Against God +36. He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. +Israel Rebels Against God + 37. "This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.' 38. "This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, -39. whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, +39. whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. +And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40. saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' -41. And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. +41. +And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42. Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? @@ -57,7 +78,9 @@ O house of Israel? 43. You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Images which you made to worship; -And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.'God's True Tabernacle +And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.' +God's True Tabernacle + 44. "Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45. which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, @@ -71,19 +94,28 @@ And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest? -50. Has My hand not made all these things?'Israel Resists the Holy Spirit +50. Has My hand not made all these things?' +Israel Resists the Holy Spirit + 51. "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. -52. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, -53. who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it."Stephen the Martyr +52. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? +And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, +53. who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it." +Stephen the Martyr + 54. When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56. and said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" 57. Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; -58. and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. -59. And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." -60. Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep. +58. and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. +And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. +59. +And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." +60. Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." +And when he had said this, he fell asleep. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md index 98ec1942..4fca8f90 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md @@ -5,19 +5,25 @@ Saul Persecutes the Church At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. -3. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.Christ Is Preached in Samaria +3. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. +Christ Is Preached in Samaria + 4. Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. 5. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. 6. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. -8. And there was great joy in that city.The Sorcerer's Profession of Faith +8. And there was great joy in that city. +The Sorcerer's Profession of Faith + 9. But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, 10. to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great power of God." 11. And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time. 12. But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. -13. Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.The Sorcerer's Sin +13. Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done. +The Sorcerer's Sin + 14. Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15. who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. @@ -34,7 +40,8 @@ At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem 24. Then Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me." -25. So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian +25. So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. +Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian 26. Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert. 27. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, @@ -65,3 +72,4 @@ And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." 40. But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md index 311ed3ec..c791c5bd 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Then the Lord said to him, *"Arise and go into the city, and you will be told wh 7. And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8. Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. -9. And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.Ananias Baptizes Saul +9. And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. +Ananias Baptizes Saul + 10. Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, *"Ananias."* And he said, "Here I am, Lord." @@ -32,30 +34,42 @@ And he said, "Here I am, Lord." 17. And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 18. Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized. -19. So when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus.Saul Preaches Christ +19. So when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus. +Saul Preaches Christ + 20. Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God. 21. Then all who heard were amazed, and said, "Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?" -22. But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.Saul Escapes Death +22. But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ. +Saul Escapes Death + 23. Now after many days were past, the Jews plotted to kill him. 24. But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him. -25. Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.Saul at Jerusalem +25. Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket. +Saul at Jerusalem + 26. And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple. 27. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 28. So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out. 29. And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him. -30. When the brethren found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.The Church Prospers +30. When the brethren found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus. +The Church Prospers + + +31. Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied. +Aeneas Healed -31. Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.Aeneas Healed 32. Now it came to pass, as Peter went through all parts of the country, that he also came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda. 33. There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed. 34. And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed." Then he arose immediately. -35. So all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.Dorcas Restored to Life +35. So all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. +Dorcas Restored to Life + 36. At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. 37. But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. @@ -67,3 +81,4 @@ And he said, "Here I am, Lord." 43. So it was that he stayed many days in Joppa with Simon, a tanner. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md index 6e1b7cf6..271931e6 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md @@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ Cornelius Sends a Delegation # Chapter 10 1. There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2. a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always. -3. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius!" +3. +About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius!" 4. And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, "What is it, lord?" So he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God. 5. Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter. 6. He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do." 7. And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him continually. -8. So when he had explained all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa.Peter's Vision +8. So when he had explained all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa. +Peter's Vision + 9. The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. 10. Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance @@ -21,7 +24,9 @@ So he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial befor 14. But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean." 15. And a voice spoke to him again the second time, *"What God has cleansed you must not call common."* -16. This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again.Summoned to Caesarea +16. This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again. +Summoned to Caesarea + 17. Now while Peter wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate. 18. And they called and asked whether Simon, whose surname was Peter, was lodging there. @@ -33,7 +38,9 @@ So he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial befor 22. And they said, "Cornelius the centurion, a just man, one who fears God and has a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you." 23. Then he invited them in and lodged them. -On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompanied him.Peter Meets Cornelius +On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompanied him. +Peter Meets Cornelius + 24. And the following day they entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25. As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. @@ -45,7 +52,9 @@ On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompan 30. So Cornelius said, "Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31. and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God. 32. Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon here, whose surname is Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea. When he comes, he will speak to you.' -33. So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God."Preaching to Cornelius' Household +33. So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God." +Preaching to Cornelius' Household + 34. Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. @@ -56,7 +65,9 @@ On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompan 40. Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, 41. not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. 42. And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. -43. To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles +43. To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins." +The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles + 44. While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. 45. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. @@ -66,3 +77,4 @@ Then Peter answered, 48. And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md index 4aa162e1..163a68bc 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Peter Defends God's Grace 16. Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, *'John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'* 17. If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?" -18. When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life."Barnabas and Saul at Antioch +18. When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life." +Barnabas and Saul at Antioch + 19. Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only. 20. But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ Peter Defends God's Grace 24. For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. 25. Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. -26. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.Relief to Judea +26. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. +Relief to Judea + 27. And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28. Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar. @@ -39,3 +43,4 @@ Peter Defends God's Grace 30. This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md index 9e4f54cc..c29c7c19 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Herod's Violence to the Church 1. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. 2. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3. And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. -4. So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.Peter Freed from Prison +4. So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover. +Peter Freed from Prison + 5. Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. 6. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ Herod's Violence to the Church 18. Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. 19. But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. -And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.Herod's Violent Death +And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there. +Herod's Violent Death + 20. Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king's personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king's country. @@ -33,8 +37,11 @@ And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.Herod's Violent Death 22. And the people kept shouting, "The voice of a god and not of a man!" 23. Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died. -24. But the word of God grew and multiplied.Barnabas and Saul Appointed +24. But the word of God grew and multiplied. +Barnabas and Saul Appointed + 25. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose surname was Mark. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md index 2b585e6d..986ee8d0 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Paul and Barnabas Are Sent to the Gentiles # Chapter 13 1. Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." -3. Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.Preaching in Cyprus +3. Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away. +Preaching in Cyprus + 4. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5. And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ Paul and Barnabas Are Sent to the Gentiles 10. and said, "O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11. And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time." And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. -12. Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.At Antioch in Pisidia +12. Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. +At Antioch in Pisidia + 13. Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. 14. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. @@ -60,7 +64,9 @@ Today I have begotten You.' Marvel and perish! For I work a work in your days, A work which you will by no means believe, -Though one were to declare it to you.' "Blessing and Conflict at Antioch +Though one were to declare it to you.' " +Blessing and Conflict at Antioch + 42. So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. 43. Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. @@ -80,3 +86,4 @@ That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.' " 52. And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md index c2cbc969..6521f451 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ At Iconium 4. But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5. And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them, 6. they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region. -7. And they were preaching the gospel there.Idolatry at Lystra +7. And they were preaching the gospel there. +Idolatry at Lystra + 8. And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked. 9. This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed, @@ -21,10 +23,14 @@ At Iconium 15. and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, 16. who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. 17. Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." -18. And with these sayings they could scarcely restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.Stoning, Escape to Derbe +18. And with these sayings they could scarcely restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them. +Stoning, Escape to Derbe + 19. Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. -20. However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.Strengthening the Converts +20. However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. +Strengthening the Converts + 21. And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22. strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God." @@ -37,3 +43,4 @@ At Iconium 28. So they stayed there a long time with the disciples. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md index 1a5235a6..fa33fe64 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Conflict over Circumcision 3. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren. 4. And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God had done with them. -5. But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."The Jerusalem Council +5. But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses." +The Jerusalem Council + 6. Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter. 7. And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: "Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. @@ -32,7 +34,9 @@ Says the Lord who does all these things.' 18. "Known to God from eternity are all His works. 19. Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the Gentiles who are turning to God, 20. but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood. -21. For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."The Jerusalem Decree +21. For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath." +The Jerusalem Decree + 22. Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren. @@ -47,7 +51,9 @@ Greetings. 27. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth. 28. For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29. that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. -Farewell.Continuing Ministry in Syria +Farewell. +Continuing Ministry in Syria + 30. So when they were sent off, they came to Antioch; and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter. 31. When they had read it, they rejoiced over its encouragement. @@ -55,7 +61,9 @@ Farewell.Continuing Ministry in Syria 33. And after they had stayed there for a time, they were sent back with greetings from the brethren to the apostles. 34. However, it seemed good to Silas to remain there. -35. Paul and Barnabas also remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.Division over John Mark +35. Paul and Barnabas also remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. +Division over John Mark + 36. Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing." 37. Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. @@ -65,3 +73,4 @@ Farewell.Continuing Ministry in Syria 41. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md index c52ee090..e8d85b58 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md @@ -5,19 +5,25 @@ Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 2. He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium. 3. Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek. 4. And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. -5. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.The Macedonian Call +5. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. +The Macedonian Call + 6. Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. 7. After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. 8. So passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. 9. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." -10. Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.Lydia Baptized at Philippi +10. Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them. +Lydia Baptized at Philippi + 11. Therefore, sailing from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day came to Neapolis, 12. and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city for some days. 13. And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there. 14. Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul. -15. And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." So she persuaded us.Paul and Silas Imprisoned +15. And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." So she persuaded us. +Paul and Silas Imprisoned + 16. Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation." @@ -29,7 +35,9 @@ But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the 21. and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe." 22. Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods. 23. And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. -24. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.The Philippian Jailer Saved +24. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. +The Philippian Jailer Saved + 25. But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed. @@ -42,7 +50,9 @@ But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the 31. So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." 32. Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. -34. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.Paul Refuses to Depart Secretly +34. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household. +Paul Refuses to Depart Secretly + 35. And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, "Let those men go." @@ -55,3 +65,4 @@ But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the 40. So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md index 15d5b336..626aa937 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md @@ -4,20 +4,26 @@ Preaching Christ at Thessalonica 1. Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2. Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3. explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ." -4. And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.Assault on Jason's House +4. And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas. +Assault on Jason's House + 5. But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6. But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. 7. Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king--Jesus." 8. And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. -9. So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.Ministering at Berea +9. So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. +Ministering at Berea + 10. Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11. These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. 12. Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. 13. But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds. 14. Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there. -15. So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.The Philosophers at Athens +15. So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed. +The Philosophers at Athens + 16. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols. 17. Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there. @@ -26,7 +32,9 @@ Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods," because he preached 19. And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? 20. For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean." -21. For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.Addressing the Areopagus +21. For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. +Addressing the Areopagus + 22. Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; 23. for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: @@ -46,3 +54,4 @@ Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 34. However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md index 0c53e107..aa9af1ba 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Ministering at Corinth 14. And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you. 15. But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters." 16. And he drove them from the judgment seat. -17. Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallio took no notice of these things.Paul Returns to Antioch +17. Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallio took no notice of these things. +Paul Returns to Antioch + 18. So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. 19. And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Ministering at Corinth 21. but took leave of them, saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing." And he sailed from Ephesus. 22. And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch. -23. After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.Ministry of Apollos +23. After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. +Ministry of Apollos + 24. Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John. @@ -38,3 +42,4 @@ Ministering at Corinth 28. for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md index 940caffd..1fe3655a 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ So they said, "Into John's baptism." 8. And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. 9. But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. -10. And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.Miracles Glorify Christ +10. And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. +Miracles Glorify Christ + 11. Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12. so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ So they said, "Into John's baptism." 17. This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18. And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. 19. Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. -20. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.The Riot at Ephesus +20. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed. +The Riot at Ephesus + 21. When these things were accomplished, Paul purposed in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome." 22. So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time. @@ -57,3 +61,4 @@ So they said, "Into John's baptism." 41. And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md index 4268f9c6..d2887e4d 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md @@ -6,19 +6,25 @@ Journeys in Greece 3. and stayed three months. And when the Jews plotted against him as he was about to sail to Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. 4. And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia--also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. 5. These men, going ahead, waited for us at Troas. -6. But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.Ministering at Troas +6. But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days. +Ministering at Troas + 7. Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. 8. There were many lamps in the upper room where they were gathered together. 9. And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. 10. But Paul went down, fell on him, and embracing him said, "Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him." 11. Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed. -12. And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted.From Troas to Miletus +12. And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted. +From Troas to Miletus + 13. Then we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, there intending to take Paul on board; for so he had given orders, intending himself to go on foot. 14. And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. 15. We sailed from there, and the next day came opposite Chios. The following day we arrived at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium. The next day we came to Miletus. -16. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost.The Ephesian Elders Exhorted +16. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost. +The Ephesian Elders Exhorted + 17. From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. 18. And when they had come to him, he said to them: "You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you, @@ -47,3 +53,4 @@ Journeys in Greece 38. sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md index d26c690c..a5cc18f6 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Warnings on the Journey to Jerusalem 12. Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13. Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." -14. So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."Paul Urged to Make Peace +14. So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done." +Paul Urged to Make Peace + 15. And after those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem. 16. Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge. @@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ Warnings on the Journey to Jerusalem 22. What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. 23. Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow. 24. Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law. -25. But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality."Arrested in the Temple +25. But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality." +Arrested in the Temple + 26. Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having been purified with them, entered the temple to announce the expiration of the days of purification, at which time an offering should be made for each one of them. @@ -56,3 +60,4 @@ He replied, "Can you speak Greek? 40. So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying, + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md index 2e85e278..d2a80a1f 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Then he said: 18. and saw Him saying to me, *'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.'* 19. So I said, 'Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You. 20. And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death, and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.' -21. Then He said to me, *'Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.'* "Paul's Roman Citizenship +21. Then He said to me, *'Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.'* " +Paul's Roman Citizenship + 22. And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he is not fit to live!" 23. Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air, @@ -41,8 +43,11 @@ He said, "Yes." 28. The commander answered, "With a large sum I obtained this citizenship." And Paul said, "But I was born a citizen." -29. Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.The Sanhedrin Divided +29. Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. +The Sanhedrin Divided + 30. The next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down and set him before them. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md index 932e8ff8..19e254bb 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Jerusalem Jews Plot to Kill Paul 8. For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection--and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. 9. Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees' party arose and protested, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God." -10. Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.The Plot Against Paul +10. Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks. +The Plot Against Paul + 11. But the following night the Lord stood by him and said, *"Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome."* @@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ The Jerusalem Jews Plot to Kill Paul 20. And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more fully about him. 21. But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you." -22. So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me."Sent to Felix +22. So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me." +Sent to Felix + 23. And he called for two centurions, saying, "Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night; 24. and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor." @@ -56,3 +60,4 @@ Farewell. 35. he said, "I will hear you when your accusers also have come." And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md index 5a0a79e3..ce09ad13 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Accused of Sedition 6. He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law. 7. But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands, 8. commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him." -9. And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.The Defense Before Felix +9. And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so. +The Defense Before Felix + 10. Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: "Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself, 11. because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ Accused of Sedition 18. in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. 19. They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me. 20. Or else let those who are here themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council, -21. unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.' "Felix Procrastinates +21. unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.' " +Felix Procrastinates + 22. But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case." 23. So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and told him not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him. @@ -36,3 +40,4 @@ Accused of Sedition 27. But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md index a0feb11d..1a06b1ba 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Paul Appeals to Caesar 10. So Paul said, "I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know. 11. For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar." -12. Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!"Paul Before Agrippa +12. Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!" +Paul Before Agrippa + 13. And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus. 14. When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying: "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix, @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ Paul Appeals to Caesar 27. For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to specify the charges against him." + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md index 24533a93..0eaf45cf 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: 9. "Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10. This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. -11. And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.Paul Recounts His Conversion +11. And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. +Paul Recounts His Conversion 12. "While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13. at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. @@ -22,13 +23,17 @@ So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: 15. So I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said, *'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.* 16. *But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.* 17. *I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,* -18. *to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'*Paul's Post-Conversion Life +18. *to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'* +Paul's Post-Conversion Life + 19. "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20. but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance. 21. For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. 22. Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come-- -23. that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."Agrippa Parries Paul's Challenge +23. that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles." +Agrippa Parries Paul's Challenge + 24. Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!" @@ -46,3 +51,4 @@ So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: 32. Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar." + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md index 4fadd46c..400705ab 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md @@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ The Voyage to Rome Begins 6. There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, and he put us on board. 7. When we had sailed slowly many days, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, the wind not permitting us to proceed, we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone. -8. Passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.Paul's Warning Ignored +8. Passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea. +Paul's Warning Ignored + 9. Now when much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous because the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, 10. saying, "Men, I perceive that this voyage will end with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also our lives." 11. Nevertheless the centurion was more persuaded by the helmsman and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul. -12. And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to set sail from there also, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete opening toward the southwest and northwest, and winter there.In the Tempest +12. And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to set sail from there also, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete opening toward the southwest and northwest, and winter there. +In the Tempest + 13. When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their desire, putting out to sea, they sailed close by Crete. 14. But not long after, a tempestuous head wind arose, called Euroclydon. @@ -44,7 +48,9 @@ The Voyage to Rome Begins 35. And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. 36. Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves. 37. And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship. -38. So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.Shipwrecked on Malta +38. So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea. +Shipwrecked on Malta + 39. When it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible. 40. And they let go the anchors and left them in the sea, meanwhile loosing the rudder ropes; and they hoisted the mainsail to the wind and made for shore. @@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ The Voyage to Rome Begins 44. and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land. + diff --git a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md index c5aac3fd..17285acd 100644 --- a/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md +++ b/NKJV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Paul's Ministry on Malta 7. In that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and entertained us courteously for three days. 8. And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him. 9. So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed. -10. They also honored us in many ways; and when we departed, they provided such things as were necessary.Arrival at Rome +10. They also honored us in many ways; and when we departed, they provided such things as were necessary. +Arrival at Rome + 11. After three months we sailed in an Alexandrian ship whose figurehead was the Twin Brothers, which had wintered at the island. 12. And landing at Syracuse, we stayed three days. @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ Paul's Ministry on Malta 14. where we found brethren, and were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome. 15. And from there, when the brethren heard about us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Three Inns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage. -16. Now when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but Paul was permitted to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him.Paul's Ministry at Rome +16. Now when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but Paul was permitted to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him. +Paul's Ministry at Rome + 17. And it came to pass after three days that Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. So when they had come together, he said to them: "Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, 18. who, when they had examined me, wanted to let me go, because there was no cause for putting me to death. @@ -51,3 +55,4 @@ So that I should heal them." ' 31. preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md index 1b319ae4..51492c6f 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Greeting 6. among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; 7. To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: -Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Desire to Visit Rome +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Desire to Visit Rome + 8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, @@ -19,10 +21,14 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Desire to V 13. Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. 14. I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. -15. So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.The Just Live by Faith +15. So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. +The Just Live by Faith + 16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. -17. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."God's Wrath on Unrighteousness +17. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." +God's Wrath on Unrighteousness + 18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19. because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. @@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Desire to V 32. who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md index 165cce88..3291f16c 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ God's Righteous Judgment 13. (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14. for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15. who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) -16. in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.The Jews Guilty as the Gentiles +16. in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. +The Jews Guilty as the Gentiles + 17. Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, 18. and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ God's Righteous Judgment 21. You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22. You who say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23. You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? -24. For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written.Circumcision of No Avail +24. For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written. +Circumcision of No Avail + 25. For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26. Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? @@ -35,3 +39,4 @@ God's Righteous Judgment 29. but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md index 4c400fa1..902e9eaf 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ And may overcome when You are judged." 6. Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? 7. For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? -8. And why not say, "Let us do evil that good may come"?--as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.All Have Sinned +8. And why not say, "Let us do evil that good may come"?--as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just. +All Have Sinned 9. What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. @@ -41,14 +42,18 @@ With their tongues they have practiced deceit"; 18. "There is no fear of God before their eyes." 19. Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. -20. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.God's Righteousness Through Faith +20. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. +God's Righteousness Through Faith + 21. But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22. even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24. being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25. whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, -26. to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.Boasting Excluded +26. to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. +Boasting Excluded + 27. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. @@ -57,3 +62,4 @@ With their tongues they have practiced deceit"; 31. Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md index abd636f7..afa40b22 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Abraham Justified by Faith 1. What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh? 2. For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3. For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." -4. Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.David Celebrates the Same Truth +4. Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. +David Celebrates the Same Truth + 5. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6. just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: @@ -12,12 +14,16 @@ Abraham Justified by Faith 7. "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; -8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin."Abraham Justified Before Circumcision +8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin." +Abraham Justified Before Circumcision + 9. Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. 10. How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. 11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, -12. and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.The Promise Granted Through Faith +12. and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised. +The Promise Granted Through Faith + 13. For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14. For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, @@ -36,3 +42,4 @@ And whose sins are covered; 25. who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md index bc5bdbe9..c400b0b1 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md @@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ Faith Triumphs in Trouble 2. through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4. and perseverance, character; and character, hope. -5. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.Christ in Our Place +5. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. +Christ in Our Place + 6. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. -11. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.Death in Adam, Life in Christ +11. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. +Death in Adam, Life in Christ 12. Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-- 13. (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. @@ -28,3 +31,4 @@ Faith Triumphs in Trouble 21. so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md index 83336dae..720b76d9 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Dead to Sin, Alive to God 12. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. -14. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God +14. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. +From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God + 15. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16. Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ Dead to Sin, Alive to God 23. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md index 042260cb..20fd563a 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md @@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ Freed from the Law 3. So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. 4. Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another--to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. 5. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. -6. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.Sin's Advantage in the Law +6. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. +Sin's Advantage in the Law + 7. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." 8. But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead. 9. I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10. And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. 11. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. -12. Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.Law Cannot Save from Sin +12. Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. +Law Cannot Save from Sin + 13. Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14. For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. @@ -32,3 +36,4 @@ Freed from the Law So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md index d32aac6e..4d2a4635 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md @@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ Free from Indwelling Sin 9. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. -11. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.Sonship Through the Spirit +11. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. +Sonship Through the Spirit + 12. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." 16. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, -17. and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.From Suffering to Glory +17. and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. +From Suffering to Glory + 18. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. @@ -35,7 +39,9 @@ Free from Indwelling Sin 28. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. -30. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.God's Everlasting Love +30. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. +God's Everlasting Love + 31. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32. He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? @@ -51,3 +57,4 @@ We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 39. nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md index 11df37aa..c84b6c33 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md @@ -5,17 +5,21 @@ Israel's Rejection of Christ 2. that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. 3. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, 4. who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; -5. of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.Israel's Rejection and God's Purpose +5. of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen. +Israel's Rejection and God's Purpose 6. But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 7. nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called." 8. That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. 9. For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son." -10. And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac +10. +And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac 11. (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), 12. it was said to her, "The older shall serve the younger." -13. As it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."Israel's Rejection and God's Justice +13. As it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated." +Israel's Rejection and God's Justice + 14. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 15. For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion." @@ -35,7 +39,8 @@ Israel's Rejection of Christ "I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved." -26. "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, +26. " +And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God." @@ -46,10 +51,13 @@ The remnant will be saved. 28. For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth." -29. And as Isaiah said before: +29. +And as Isaiah said before: "Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, -And we would have been made like Gomorrah."Present Condition of Israel +And we would have been made like Gomorrah." +Present Condition of Israel + 30. What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; 31. but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. @@ -59,3 +67,4 @@ And we would have been made like Gomorrah."Present Condition of Israel And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md index a66bd424..c0dc123a 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Israel Needs the Gospel 10. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11. For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." 12. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. -13. For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."Israel Rejects the Gospel +13. For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." +Israel Rejects the Gospel + 14. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15. And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me." To a disobedient and contrary people." + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md index dad0201a..991ac42f 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Israel's Rejection Not Total # Chapter 11 1. I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. -2. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, +2. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. +Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3. "Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"? 4. But what does the divine response say to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 5. Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. @@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ To this very day." A stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, -And bow down their back always."Israel's Rejection Not Final +And bow down their back always." +Israel's Rejection Not Final + 11. I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! @@ -59,9 +62,11 @@ When I take away their sins." 34. "For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?" -35. "Or who has first given to Him +35. " +Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?" 36. For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md index 8bc0fffa..4f011c28 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md @@ -2,14 +2,18 @@ Living Sacrifices to God # Chapter 12 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. -2. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.Serve God with Spiritual Gifts +2. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. +Serve God with Spiritual Gifts + 3. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 4. For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5. so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7. or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; -8. he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.Behave Like a Christian +8. he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. +Behave Like a Christian + 9. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; @@ -32,3 +36,4 @@ For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head." 21. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md index 3b5a6817..0d7d8ecb 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md @@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ Submit to Government 4. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake. 6. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing. -7. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.Love Your Neighbor +7. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. +Love Your Neighbor 8. Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." -10. Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.Put on Christ +10. Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. +Put on Christ + 11. And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. @@ -19,3 +22,4 @@ Submit to Government 14. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md index 5af35cc0..0d022add 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God." 12. So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. -13. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.The Law of Love +13. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way. +The Law of Love + 14. I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15. Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ And every tongue shall confess to God." 23. But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md index 8cdee234..ab915f16 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Bearing Others' Burdens 3. For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me." 4. For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, -6. that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.Glorify God Together +6. that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. +Glorify God Together + 7. Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8. Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers, @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ Laud Him, all you peoples!" And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope." -13. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.From Jerusalem to Illyricum +13. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. +From Jerusalem to Illyricum + 14. Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15. Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God, @@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ In Him the Gentiles shall hope." 20. And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation, 21. but as it is written: "To whom He was not announced, they shall see; -And those who have not heard shall understand."Plan to Visit Rome +And those who have not heard shall understand." +Plan to Visit Rome + 22. For this reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you. 23. But now no longer having a place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you, @@ -54,3 +60,4 @@ And those who have not heard shall understand."Plan to Visit Rome 33. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md index 159b6e31..9d268d6f 100644 --- a/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Sister Phoebe Commended # Chapter 16 1. I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, -2. that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.Greeting Roman Saints +2. that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also. +Greeting Roman Saints + 3. Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4. who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. @@ -21,23 +23,30 @@ Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ. 14. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren who are with them. 15. Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. -16. Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you.Avoid Divisive Persons +16. Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you. +Avoid Divisive Persons + 17. Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. 18. For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. 19. For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 20. And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. -The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.Greetings from Paul's Friends +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. +Greetings from Paul's Friends + 21. Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you. 22. I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. 23. Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother. -24. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.Benediction +24. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. +Benediction + 25. Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began 26. but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith-- 27. to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md index 2d07da8f..c18c78ad 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md @@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ Greeting 2. To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: -3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Spiritual Gifts at Corinth +3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Spiritual Gifts at Corinth + 4. I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, 5. that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, 6. even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, 7. so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8. who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. -9. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.Sectarianism Is Sin +9. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. +Sectarianism Is Sin + 10. Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11. For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. @@ -22,7 +26,8 @@ Greeting 14. I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15. lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. 16. Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. -17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.Christ the Power and Wisdom of God +17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. +Christ the Power and Wisdom of God 18. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19. For it is written: @@ -34,7 +39,9 @@ And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 22. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23. but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24. but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. -25. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.Glory Only in the Lord +25. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. +Glory Only in the Lord + 26. For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; @@ -44,3 +51,4 @@ And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 31. that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord." + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md index f2d9fc40..499b4662 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Christ Crucified 2. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, -5. that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.Spiritual Wisdom +5. that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. +Spiritual Wisdom + 6. However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." 16. For "who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md index b9713737..1586356a 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Sectarianism Is Carnal 1. And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3. for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? -4. For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal?Watering, Working, Warning +4. For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal? +Watering, Working, Warning + 5. Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ Sectarianism Is Carnal 15. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 16. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? -17. If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.Avoid Worldly Wisdom +17. If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. +Avoid Worldly Wisdom + 18. Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness"; @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ Sectarianism Is Carnal 23. And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md index 8942299b..1d2e68e0 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Stewards of the Mysteries of God 2. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 3. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4. For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. -5. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God.Fools for Christ's Sake +5. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God. +Fools for Christ's Sake + 6. Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other. 7. For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ Stewards of the Mysteries of God 10. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! 11. To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12. And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; -13. being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.Paul's Paternal Care +13. being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now. +Paul's Paternal Care + 14. I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 15. For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ Stewards of the Mysteries of God 21. What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness? + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md index 23ce956e..37888b51 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Immorality Defiles the Church 6. Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7. Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. -8. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.Immorality Must Be Judged +8. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. +Immorality Must Be Judged + 9. I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ Immorality Defiles the Church 13. But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person." + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md index adee1211..3044d2f2 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Do Not Sue the Brethren 8. No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9. Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10. nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. -11. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.Glorify God in Body and Spirit +11. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. +Glorify God in Body and Spirit + 12. All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Do Not Sue the Brethren 20. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md index 71b3df3e..3f982772 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 7. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. 8. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; -9. but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.Keep Your Marriage Vows +9. but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. +Keep Your Marriage Vows + 10. Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. 11. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife. @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 13. And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15. But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. -16. For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?Live as You Are Called +16. For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? +Live as You Are Called + 17. But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches. 18. Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. @@ -29,7 +33,9 @@ It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 21. Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it. 22. For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord's freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ's slave. 23. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. -24. Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.To the Unmarried and Widows +24. Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called. +To the Unmarried and Widows + 25. Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy. 26. I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress--that it is good for a man to remain as he is: @@ -53,3 +59,4 @@ It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 40. But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment--and I think I also have the Spirit of God. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md index 3d6c4399..df29a2b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Be Sensitive to Conscience 13. Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md index 17a109f9..c2cfa706 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md @@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder t 15. But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void. 16. For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17. For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. -18. What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.Serving All Men +18. What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel. +Serving All Men + 19. For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20. and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21. to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22. to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. -23. Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.Striving for a Crown +23. Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you. +Striving for a Crown + 24. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 25. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. @@ -36,3 +40,4 @@ Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder t 27. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md index 53f6d4b5..4b142090 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Old Testament Examples 11. Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12. Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. -13. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.Flee from Idolatry +13. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. +Flee from Idolatry + 14. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15. I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ Old Testament Examples 33. just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md index ffa3e90e..40a09132 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Worship and the Lord's Supper # Chapter 11 -1. Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.Head Coverings +1. Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. +Head Coverings + 2. Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. 3. But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. @@ -18,20 +20,25 @@ Worship and the Lord's Supper 13. Judge among yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14. Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 15. But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering. -16. But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.Conduct at the Lord's Supper +16. But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God. +Conduct at the Lord's Supper + 17. Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18. For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19. For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you. 20. Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. 21. For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk. -22. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.Institution of the Lord's Supper +22. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you. +Institution of the Lord's Supper 23. For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24. and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, *"Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."* 25. In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, *"This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."* -26. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes.Examine Yourself +26. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes. +Examine Yourself + 27. Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. @@ -44,3 +51,4 @@ Worship and the Lord's Supper 34. But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md index 936ffd7f..5edc8351 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity 8. for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9. to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10. to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. -11. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.Unity and Diversity in One Body +11. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. +Unity and Diversity in One Body 12. For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. @@ -39,3 +40,4 @@ Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity 31. But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md index dfa5d67b..5a7e44bb 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ The Greatest Gift 13. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md index 0d56336f..55861407 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Prophecy and Tongues 2. For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 3. But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. 4. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. -5. I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.Tongues Must Be Interpreted +5. I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification. +Tongues Must Be Interpreted + 6. But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching? 7. Even things without life, whether flute or harp, when they make a sound, unless they make a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or played? @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ Prophecy and Tongues 17. For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified. 18. I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all; -19. yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers +19. yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue. +Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers + 20. Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. @@ -35,7 +39,9 @@ says the Lord. 22. Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe. 23. Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 24. But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. -25. And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.Order in Church Meetings +25. And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you. +Order in Church Meetings + 26. How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 27. If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. @@ -57,3 +63,4 @@ says the Lord. 40. Let all things be done decently and in order. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md index 3d011b08..7ef918eb 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ The Risen Christ, Faith's Reality 9. For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. -11. Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.The Risen Christ, Our Hope +11. Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. +The Risen Christ, Our Hope 12. Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13. But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. @@ -22,7 +23,9 @@ The Risen Christ, Faith's Reality 16. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18. Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. -19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.The Last Enemy Destroyed +19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. +The Last Enemy Destroyed + 20. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. @@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ The Risen Christ, Faith's Reality 25. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27. For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. -28. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.Effects of Denying the Resurrection +28. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. +Effects of Denying the Resurrection + 29. Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 30. And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? @@ -40,7 +45,9 @@ The Risen Christ, Faith's Reality 32. If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" 33. Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits." -34. Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.A Glorious Body +34. Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. +A Glorious Body + 35. But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?" 36. Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. @@ -60,7 +67,9 @@ The Risen Christ, Faith's Reality 46. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. -49. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.Our Final Victory +49. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. +Our Final Victory + 50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- @@ -77,3 +86,4 @@ O Hades, where is your victory?" 58. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md index 17f8e6be..8b80fe12 100644 --- a/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Collection for the Saints 1. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2. On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come. 3. And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem. -4. But if it is fitting that I go also, they will go with me.Personal Plans +4. But if it is fitting that I go also, they will go with me. +Personal Plans 5. Now I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia (for I am passing through Macedonia). 6. And it may be that I will remain, or even spend the winter with you, that you may send me on my journey, wherever I go. @@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ Collection for the Saints 10. And if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do. 11. Therefore let no one despise him. But send him on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren. -12. Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brethren, but he was quite unwilling to come at this time; however, he will come when he has a convenient time.Final Exhortations +12. Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brethren, but he was quite unwilling to come at this time; however, he will come when he has a convenient time. +Final Exhortations + 13. Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14. Let all that you do be done with love. @@ -25,7 +28,9 @@ Collection for the Saints 16. that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us. 17. I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied. -18. For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men.Greetings and a Solemn Farewell +18. For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men. +Greetings and a Solemn Farewell + 19. The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 20. All the brethren greet you. @@ -39,3 +44,4 @@ Greet one another with a holy kiss. 24. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md index 92a08910..64792727 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,22 +4,30 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Comfort in Suffering +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Comfort in Suffering + 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4. who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 6. Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. -7. And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.Delivered from Suffering +7. And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. +Delivered from Suffering + 8. For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10. who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, -11. you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.Paul's Sincerity +11. you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. +Paul's Sincerity + 12. For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. 13. For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end -14. (as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.Sparing the Church +14. (as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus. +Sparing the Church + 15. And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit-- 16. to pass by way of you to Macedonia, to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. @@ -34,3 +42,4 @@ To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Ach 24. Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md index 78511adc..ae610304 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Paul Urges Forgiveness # Chapter 2 1. But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. -2. For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?Forgive the Offender +2. For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? +Forgive the Offender + 3. And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. 4. For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you. @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ Paul Urges Forgiveness 8. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. 9. For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. 10. Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, -11. lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.Triumph in Christ +11. lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. +Triumph in Christ + 12. Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, 13. I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia. @@ -24,3 +28,4 @@ Paul Urges Forgiveness 17. For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md index d85b3a2e..ff1f06b6 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md @@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ Christ's Epistle # Chapter 3 1. Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? 2. You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; -3. clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.The Spirit, Not the Letter +3. clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. +The Spirit, Not the Letter + 4. And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, -6. who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Glory of the New Covenant +6. who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. +Glory of the New Covenant + 7. But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8. how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? @@ -24,3 +28,4 @@ Christ's Epistle 18. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md index 9e759aaa..d2cb2297 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ The Light of Christ's Gospel 3. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4. whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake. -6. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Cast Down but Unconquered +6. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. +Cast Down but Unconquered + 7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; @@ -17,10 +19,13 @@ The Light of Christ's Gospel 13. And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, 14. knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. -15. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.Seeing the Invisible +15. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. +Seeing the Invisible + 16. Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18. while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md index 37361443..7afc13c4 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md @@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ Assurance of the Resurrection 6. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7. For we walk by faith, not by sight. -8. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.The Judgment Seat of Christ +8. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. +The Judgment Seat of Christ + 9. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. -11. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.Be Reconciled to God +11. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. +Be Reconciled to God + 12. For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Assurance of the Resurrection 21. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md index c81200a0..1303eaea 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 7. by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8. by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9. as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; -10. as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.Be Holy +10. as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. +Be Holy + 11. O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. 12. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty." + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md index 875897c9..cc4e9b95 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ The Corinthians' Repentance # Chapter 7 -1. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.The Corinthians' Repentance +1. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. +The Corinthians' Repentance + 2. Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one. 3. I do not say this to condemn; for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ The Corinthians' Repentance 9. Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. -12. Therefore, although I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.The Joy of Titus +12. Therefore, although I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you. +The Joy of Titus + 13. Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. 14. For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I am not ashamed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus was found true. @@ -23,3 +27,4 @@ The Corinthians' Repentance 16. Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md index f37a8137..c231bd48 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Excel in Giving 4. imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5. And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God. 6. So we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also complete this grace in you as well. -7. But as you abound in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us--see that you abound in this grace also.Christ Our Pattern +7. But as you abound in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us--see that you abound in this grace also. +Christ Our Pattern + 8. I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. 9. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Excel in Giving 13. For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened; 14. but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance also may supply your lack--that there may be equality. -15. As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."Collection for the Judean Saints +15. As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack." +Collection for the Judean Saints + 16. But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. 17. For he not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went to you of his own accord. @@ -32,3 +36,4 @@ Excel in Giving 24. Therefore show to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md index 1ac1347e..3a451cf1 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Administering the Gift 2. for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority. 3. Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready; 4. lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this confident boasting. -5. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a grudging obligation.The Cheerful Giver +5. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a grudging obligation. +The Cheerful Giver + 6. But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ His righteousness endures forever." 15. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md index d049abb5..1633499d 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md @@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ The Spiritual War 3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5. casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, -6. and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.Reality of Paul's Authority +6. and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. +Reality of Paul's Authority + 7. Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ's, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ's, even so we are Christ's. 8. For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed-- 9. lest I seem to terrify you by letters. 10. "For his letters," they say, "are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible." -11. Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are present.Limits of Paul's Authority +11. Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are present. +Limits of Paul's Authority + 12. For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13. We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us--a sphere which especially includes you. @@ -24,3 +28,4 @@ The Spiritual War 18. For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md index 82fd9837..6a5460d7 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Concern for Their Faithfulness 1. Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly--and indeed you do bear with me. 2. For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. -4. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it!Paul and False Apostles +4. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it! +Paul and False Apostles + 5. For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. 6. Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things. @@ -18,14 +20,18 @@ Concern for Their Faithfulness 12. But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. 13. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. -15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.Reluctant Boasting +15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. +Reluctant Boasting + 16. I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. 17. What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18. Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 19. For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise! 20. For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face. -21. To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold--I speak foolishly--I am bold also.Suffering for Christ +21. To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold--I speak foolishly--I am bold also. +Suffering for Christ + 22. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 23. Are they ministers of Christ?--I speak as a fool--I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. @@ -42,3 +48,4 @@ Concern for Their Faithfulness 33. but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md index 0680c06d..e5d67436 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md @@ -6,16 +6,22 @@ The Vision of Paradise 3. And I know such a man--whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows-- 4. how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 5. Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities. -6. For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me.The Thorn in the Flesh +6. For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me. +The Thorn in the Flesh + 7. And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9. And He said to me, *"My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."* Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. -10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Signs of an Apostle +10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. +Signs of an Apostle + 11. I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing. 12. Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds. -13. For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!Love for the Church +13. For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong! +Love for the Church + 14. Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 15. And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. @@ -29,3 +35,4 @@ The Vision of Paradise 21. lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced. + diff --git a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md index 876e25ad..d28898cb 100644 --- a/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md @@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ Coming with Authority 4. For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. 5. Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified. -6. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.Paul Prefers Gentleness +6. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified. +Paul Prefers Gentleness + 7. Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified. 8. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9. For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete. -10. Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.Greetings and Benediction +10. Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction. +Greetings and Benediction + 11. Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. @@ -23,3 +27,4 @@ Coming with Authority 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md index 15a2aabf..9caf0da8 100644 --- a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md @@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ To the churches of Galatia: 3. Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4. who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, -5. to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.Only One Gospel +5. to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. +Only One Gospel + 6. I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7. which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. -10. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.Call to Apostleship +10. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. +Call to Apostleship 11. But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. @@ -24,7 +27,8 @@ To the churches of Galatia: 15. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, 16. to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, -17. nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.Contacts at Jerusalem +17. nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. +Contacts at Jerusalem 18. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. 19. But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother. @@ -36,3 +40,4 @@ To the churches of Galatia: 24. And they glorified God in me. + diff --git a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md index 1e26e15c..554dae91 100644 --- a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Defending the Gospel 7. But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter 8. (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), 9. and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. -10. They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.No Return to the Law +10. They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do. +No Return to the Law + 11. Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; 12. for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Defending the Gospel 21. I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain." + diff --git a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md index 15db5a6d..0b581adc 100644 --- a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md @@ -10,19 +10,24 @@ Justification by Faith 6. just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." 7. Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." -9. So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.The Law Brings a Curse +9. So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. +The Law Brings a Curse + 10. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." 11. But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith." 12. Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them." 13. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), -14. that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.The Changeless Promise +14. that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. +The Changeless Promise 15. Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ. 17. And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. -18. For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.Purpose of the Law +18. For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. +Purpose of the Law + 19. What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20. Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one. @@ -31,7 +36,9 @@ Justification by Faith 22. But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. -25. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.Sons and Heirs +25. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. +Sons and Heirs + 26. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. @@ -39,3 +46,4 @@ Justification by Faith 29. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. + diff --git a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md index e3b0f28e..ac08697c 100644 --- a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Sons and Heirs Through Christ 5. to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" -7. Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.Fears for the Church +7. Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. +Fears for the Church + 8. But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 9. But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? @@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ Sons and Heirs Through Christ 17. They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. 18. But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. 19. My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, -20. I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.Two Covenants +20. I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you. +Two Covenants 21. Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22. For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. @@ -46,3 +49,4 @@ Than she who has a husband." 31. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. + diff --git a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md index dd6966b1..79e13527 100644 --- a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Christian Liberty 3. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. -6. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.Love Fulfills the Law +6. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. +Love Fulfills the Law + 7. You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8. This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Christian Liberty 13. For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." -15. But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!Walking in the Spirit +15. But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! +Walking in the Spirit + 16. I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. @@ -35,3 +39,4 @@ Christian Liberty 26. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. + diff --git a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md index 869c1a84..d3882104 100644 --- a/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md @@ -5,20 +5,26 @@ Bear and Share Burdens 2. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3. For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. -5. For each one shall bear his own load.Be Generous and Do Good +5. For each one shall bear his own load. +Be Generous and Do Good + 6. Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches. 7. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. -10. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.Glory Only in the Cross +10. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. +Glory Only in the Cross + 11. See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand! 12. As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 13. For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14. But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. -15. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.Blessing and a Plea +15. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. +Blessing and a Plea + 16. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. @@ -27,3 +33,4 @@ Bear and Share Burdens 18. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md index a1caabed..5c7e6767 100644 --- a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Redemption in Christ +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Redemption in Christ + 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4. just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 12. that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 13. In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, -14. who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom +14. who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. +Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom + 15. Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16. do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 23. which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. + diff --git a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md index bc23315a..914d8192 100644 --- a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md @@ -11,17 +11,23 @@ By Grace Through Faith 7. that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9. not of works, lest anyone should boast. -10. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.Brought Near by His Blood +10. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. +Brought Near by His Blood + 11. Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh--who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands-- 12. that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. -13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.Christ Our Peace +13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. +Christ Our Peace + 14. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15. having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16. and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. -18. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.Christ Our Cornerstone +18. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. +Christ Our Cornerstone + 19. Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20. having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, @@ -29,3 +35,4 @@ By Grace Through Faith 22. in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. + diff --git a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md index 63e6efd2..373cd055 100644 --- a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ The Mystery Revealed 4. by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5. which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6. that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, -7. of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.Purpose of the Mystery +7. of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. +Purpose of the Mystery + 8. To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9. and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; 10. to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11. according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12. in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. -13. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.Appreciation of the Mystery +13. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. +Appreciation of the Mystery + 14. For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15. from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ The Mystery Revealed 21. to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md index 070307f8..14c109e2 100644 --- a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Walk in Unity 3. endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism; -6. one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.Spiritual Gifts +6. one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. +Spiritual Gifts + 7. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8. Therefore He says: @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ And gave gifts to men." 13. till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14. that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15. but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ-- -16. from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.The New Man +16. from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. +The New Man + 17. This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18. having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; @@ -32,7 +36,9 @@ And gave gifts to men." 21. if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22. that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23. and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, -24. and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.Do Not Grieve the Spirit +24. and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. +Do Not Grieve the Spirit + 25. Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. 26. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, @@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ And gave gifts to men." 32. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. + diff --git a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md index 831d2d31..680c23d1 100644 --- a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Walk in Love 4. neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 5. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. -7. Therefore do not be partakers with them.Walk in Light +7. Therefore do not be partakers with them. +Walk in Light + 8. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9. (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ Walk in Love 14. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, -And Christ will give you light."Walk in Wisdom +And Christ will give you light." +Walk in Wisdom + 15. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16. redeeming the time, because the days are evil. @@ -28,7 +32,8 @@ And Christ will give you light."Walk in Wisdom 18. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19. speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 20. giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, -21. submitting to one another in the fear of God.Marriage--Christ and the Church +21. submitting to one another in the fear of God. +Marriage--Christ and the Church 22. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. @@ -45,3 +50,4 @@ And Christ will give you light."Walk in Wisdom 33. Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. + diff --git a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md index b3bfc3f5..813050ef 100644 --- a/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md @@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ Children and Parents 2. "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: 3. "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." -4. And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.Bondservants and Masters +4. And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. +Bondservants and Masters + 5. Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6. not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7. with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, 8. knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. -9. And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.The Whole Armor of God +9. And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. +The Whole Armor of God + 10. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. @@ -25,7 +29,9 @@ Children and Parents 17. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints-- 19. and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, -20. for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.A Gracious Greeting +20. for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. +A Gracious Greeting + 21. But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you; 22. whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts. @@ -34,3 +40,4 @@ Children and Parents 24. Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md index 06a122b5..8aac74a1 100644 --- a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Thankfulness and Prayer +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Thankfulness and Prayer + 3. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4. always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deac 9. And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10. that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, -11. being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.Christ Is Preached +11. being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. +Christ Is Preached + 12. But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, 13. so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; @@ -24,7 +28,9 @@ To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deac 15. Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill: 16. The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains; 17. but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. -18. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.To Live Is Christ +18. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice. +To Live Is Christ + 19. For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20. according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. @@ -33,7 +39,9 @@ To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deac 23. For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. 24. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you. 25. And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith, -26. that your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.Striving and Suffering for Christ +26. that your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again. +Striving and Suffering for Christ + 27. Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel, 28. and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God. @@ -41,3 +49,4 @@ To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deac 30. having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me. + diff --git a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md index ae268488..049bb927 100644 --- a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Unity Through Humility 1. Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2. fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. -4. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.The Humbled and Exalted Christ +4. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. +The Humbled and Exalted Christ + 5. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6. who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, @@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ Unity Through Humility 8. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, -11. and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Light Bearers +11. and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. +Light Bearers + 12. Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13. for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. @@ -22,14 +26,18 @@ Unity Through Humility 16. holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain. 17. Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. -18. For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.Timothy Commended +18. For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me. +Timothy Commended + 19. But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. 20. For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. 21. For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. 22. But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. 23. Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. -24. But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.Epaphroditus Praised +24. But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly. +Epaphroditus Praised + 25. Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and the one who ministered to my need; 26. since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. @@ -39,3 +47,4 @@ Unity Through Humility 30. because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply what was lacking in your service toward me. + diff --git a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md index 2c882c97..01264291 100644 --- a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md @@ -13,14 +13,18 @@ All for Christ 8. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9. and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10. that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, -11. if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.Pressing Toward the Goal +11. if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. +Pressing Toward the Goal + 12. Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14. I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. -16. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.Our Citizenship in Heaven +16. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind. +Our Citizenship in Heaven + 17. Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern. 18. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ All for Christ 21. who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. + diff --git a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md index e01e1014..411b8ff6 100644 --- a/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Be Anxious for Nothing; Think These Thoughts # Chapter 4 -1. Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.Be United, Joyful, and in Prayer +1. Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved. +Be United, Joyful, and in Prayer + 2. I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3. And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life. @@ -11,10 +13,14 @@ Be Anxious for Nothing; Think These Thoughts 5. Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; -7. and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Meditate on These Things +7. and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. +Meditate on These Things + 8. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things. -9. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.Philippian Generosity +9. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. +Philippian Generosity + 10. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity. 11. Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: @@ -27,7 +33,9 @@ Be Anxious for Nothing; Think These Thoughts 17. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account. 18. Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. 19. And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. -20. Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.Greeting and Blessing +20. Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. +Greeting and Blessing + 21. Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. 22. All the saints greet you, but especially those who are of Caesar's household. @@ -35,3 +43,4 @@ Be Anxious for Nothing; Think These Thoughts 23. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md index 7a175ae1..405b35e2 100644 --- a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2. To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: -Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Their Faith in Christ +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Their Faith in Christ + 3. We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4. since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; 5. because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, 6. which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; 7. as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, -8. who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.Preeminence of Christ +8. who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. +Preeminence of Christ + 9. For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10. that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; @@ -23,14 +27,18 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Their Faith 15. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. -18. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.Reconciled in Christ +18. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. +Reconciled in Christ + 19. For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20. and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. 21. And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22. in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight-- -23. if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.Sacrificial Service for Christ +23. if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister. +Sacrificial Service for Christ + 24. I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25. of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, @@ -40,3 +48,4 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Their Faith 29. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. + diff --git a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md index 9f083df9..df143150 100644 --- a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Not Philosophy but Christ 8. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 9. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; -10. and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.Not Legalism but Christ +10. and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. +Not Legalism but Christ + 11. In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12. buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ Not Philosophy but Christ 23. These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh. + diff --git a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md index 4c8081ae..89937ab9 100644 --- a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md @@ -13,14 +13,17 @@ Not Carnality but Christ 8. But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10. and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, -11. where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.Character of the New Man +11. where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. +Character of the New Man + 12. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13. bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. -17. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.The Christian Home +17. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. +The Christian Home 18. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. @@ -36,3 +39,4 @@ Not Carnality but Christ 25. But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality. + diff --git a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md index 992c32e5..a9ed7842 100644 --- a/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ Christian Graces; Final Greetings # Chapter 4 -1. Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.Christian Graces +1. Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. +Christian Graces + 2. Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; 3. meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, 4. that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5. Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. -6. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.Final Greetings +6. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. +Final Greetings 7. Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. 8. I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, @@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ Christian Graces; Final Greetings 12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13. For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis. 14. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. -15. Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that is in his house.Closing Exhortations and Blessing +15. Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that is in his house. +Closing Exhortations and Blessing + 16. Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 17. And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it." @@ -28,3 +33,4 @@ Christian Graces; Final Greetings 18. This salutation by my own hand--Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md index 5ee86a3a..f0684d05 100644 --- a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Greeting # Chapter 1 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Their Good Example +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Their Good Example + 2. We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, 3. remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, @@ -17,3 +19,4 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Their Good 10. and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. + diff --git a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md index 20eb5848..accfea6f 100644 --- a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md @@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ Paul's Conduct 10. You are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe; 11. as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, -12. that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.Their Conversion +12. that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. +Their Conversion + 13. For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. 14. For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, 15. who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men, -16. forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.Longing to See Them +16. forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. +Longing to See Them + 17. But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire. 18. Therefore we wanted to come to you--even I, Paul, time and again--but Satan hindered us. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ Paul's Conduct 20. For you are our glory and joy. + diff --git a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md index 353bcda4..0548ea99 100644 --- a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md @@ -5,17 +5,22 @@ Concern for Their Faith 2. and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith, 3. that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. 4. For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know. -5. For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.Encouraged by Timothy +5. For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain. +Encouraged by Timothy + 6. But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we also to see you-- 7. therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were comforted concerning you by your faith. 8. For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. 9. For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God, -10. night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith?Prayer for the Church +10. night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith? +Prayer for the Church + 11. Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. 12. And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, 13. so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. + diff --git a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md index bce18ab7..b8654f84 100644 --- a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md @@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ Plea for Purity 5. not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6. that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7. For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. -8. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.A Brotherly and Orderly Life +8. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit. +A Brotherly and Orderly Life + 9. But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; 10. and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you increase more and more; 11. that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, -12. that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.The Comfort of Christ's Coming +12. that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing. +The Comfort of Christ's Coming + 13. But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. @@ -25,3 +29,4 @@ Plea for Purity 18. Therefore comfort one another with these words. + diff --git a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md index 80bc8bea..eb04dff6 100644 --- a/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Day of the Lord 9. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10. who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. -11. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.Various Exhortations +11. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. +Various Exhortations + 12. And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13. and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves. @@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ The Day of the Lord 19. Do not quench the Spirit. 20. Do not despise prophecies. 21. Test all things; hold fast what is good. -22. Abstain from every form of evil.Blessing and Admonition +22. Abstain from every form of evil. +Blessing and Admonition + 23. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ The Day of the Lord 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md index c3087e94..ec736fa6 100644 --- a/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.God's Final Judgment and Glory +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +God's Final Judgment and Glory + 3. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, 4. so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 12. that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. + diff --git a/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md index 532aaaa4..369341ae 100644 --- a/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The Great Apostasy 9. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10. and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, -12. that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.Stand Fast +12. that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. +Stand Fast + 13. But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14. to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ The Great Apostasy 17. comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. + diff --git a/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md index a965bd4b..661227a8 100644 --- a/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Pray for Us 3. But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. 4. And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you. -5. Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.Warning Against Idleness +5. Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. +Warning Against Idleness + 6. But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. 7. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ Pray for Us 13. But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. 14. And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. -15. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.Benediction +15. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. +Benediction + 16. Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all. @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Pray for Us 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md index 3ddf5b74..1c034fae 100644 --- a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope, 2. To Timothy, a true son in the faith: -Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.No Other Doctrine +Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. +No Other Doctrine + 3. As I urged you when I went into Macedonia--remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4. nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. @@ -15,17 +17,21 @@ Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.No Other D 8. But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, 9. knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10. for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, -11. according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.Glory to God for His Grace +11. according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. +Glory to God for His Grace 12. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, 13. although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14. And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 15. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16. However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. -17. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.Fight the Good Fight +17. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. +Fight the Good Fight + 18. This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19. having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20. of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. + diff --git a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md index 4ff5787f..1d043fa3 100644 --- a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Pray for All Men 4. who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6. who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, -7. for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.Men and Women in the Church +7. for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. +Men and Women in the Church + 8. I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; 9. in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ Pray for All Men 15. Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. + diff --git a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md index c7454d37..17f24e80 100644 --- a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ Qualifications of Overseers 4. one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5. (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6. not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. -7. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.Qualifications of Deacons +7. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. +Qualifications of Deacons + 8. Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, 9. holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. 10. But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. 11. Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12. Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. -13. For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.The Great Mystery +13. For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. +The Great Mystery + 14. These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15. but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. + diff --git a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md index 0dda6059..b030752d 100644 --- a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md @@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ The Great Apostasy 2. speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3. forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4. For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; -5. for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.A Good Servant of Jesus Christ +5. for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. +A Good Servant of Jesus Christ + 6. If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed. 7. But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. 8. For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. 9. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance. 10. For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. -11. These things command and teach.Take Heed to Your Ministry +11. These things command and teach. +Take Heed to Your Ministry + 12. Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. @@ -21,3 +25,4 @@ The Great Apostasy 16. Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. + diff --git a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md index aba7775e..321d8b17 100644 --- a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Treatment of Church Members # Chapter 5 1. Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, -2. older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.Honor True Widows +2. older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity. +Honor True Widows + 3. Honor widows who are really widows. 4. But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God. @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ Treatment of Church Members 13. And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. 14. Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15. For some have already turned aside after Satan. -16. If any believing man or woman has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are really widows.Honor the Elders +16. If any believing man or woman has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are really widows. +Honor the Elders + 17. Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. 18. For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain," and, *"The laborer is worthy of his wages."* @@ -35,3 +39,4 @@ Treatment of Church Members 25. Likewise, the good works of some are clearly evident, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden. + diff --git a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md index 98ad21a5..4a8f2a47 100644 --- a/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Honor Masters # Chapter 6 1. Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. -2. And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.Error and Greed +2. And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things. +Error and Greed + 3. If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, 4. he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, @@ -12,21 +14,28 @@ Honor Masters 7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. -10. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.The Good Confession +10. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. +The Good Confession + 11. But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13. I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14. that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, 15. which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, -16. who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.Instructions to the Rich +16. who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen. +Instructions to the Rich + 17. Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 18. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, -19. storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.Guard the Faith +19. storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. +Guard the Faith + 20. O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge-- 21. by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md index cd96efbf..92e193ff 100644 --- a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,19 +4,25 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2. To Timothy, a beloved son: -Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Timothy's Faith and Heritage +Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. +Timothy's Faith and Heritage + 3. I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, 4. greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, 5. when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. 6. Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. -7. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.Not Ashamed of the Gospel +7. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. +Not Ashamed of the Gospel + 8. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, 9. who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10. but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11. to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. -12. For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.Be Loyal to the Faith +12. For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. +Be Loyal to the Faith + 13. Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 14. That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. @@ -27,3 +33,4 @@ Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Timothy's 18. The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day--and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus. + diff --git a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md index 62ee95f6..fca3e890 100644 --- a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ He also will deny us. 13. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; -He cannot deny Himself.Approved and Disapproved Workers +He cannot deny Himself. +Approved and Disapproved Workers + 14. Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. 15. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ He cannot deny Himself.Approved and Disapproved Workers 26. and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will. + diff --git a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md index d3aba3df..e450074e 100644 --- a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Perilous Times and Perilous Men 6. For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7. always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8. Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; -9. but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.The Man of God and the Word of God +9. but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was. +The Man of God and the Word of God + 10. But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, 11. persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra--what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ Perilous Times and Perilous Men 17. that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. + diff --git a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md index 59534a36..d77e46dc 100644 --- a/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md @@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ Preach the Word 2. Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4. and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. -5. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.Paul's Valedictory +5. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. +Paul's Valedictory + 6. For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. -8. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.The Abandoned Apostle +8. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. +The Abandoned Apostle + 9. Be diligent to come to me quickly; 10. for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica--Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. @@ -20,17 +24,24 @@ Preach the Word 14. Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works. 15. You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words. -16. At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.The Lord Is Faithful +16. At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them. +The Lord Is Faithful + 17. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. -18. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!Come Before Winter +18. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! +Come Before Winter + 19. Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 20. Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick. 21. Do your utmost to come before winter. -Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.Farewell +Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren. +Farewell + 22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md index 3f87dbfd..234da932 100644 --- a/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md @@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ Greeting 3. but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior; 4. To Titus, a true son in our common faith: -Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.Qualified Elders +Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. +Qualified Elders + 5. For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you-- 6. if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination. 7. For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, 8. but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, -9. holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.The Elders' Task +9. holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict. +The Elders' Task + 10. For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11. whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. @@ -23,3 +27,4 @@ Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior 16. They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. + diff --git a/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md index 3c4ae434..c6ac91d0 100644 --- a/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Qualities of a Sound Church 8. sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you. 9. Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back, -10. not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.Trained by Saving Grace +10. not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. +Trained by Saving Grace + 11. For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12. teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ Qualities of a Sound Church 15. Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. + diff --git a/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md index bd9254b1..7dded1f7 100644 --- a/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md @@ -9,17 +9,24 @@ Graces of the Heirs of Grace 6. whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7. that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. -8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.Avoid Dissension +8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. +Avoid Dissension + 9. But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless. 10. Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition, -11. knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.Final Messages +11. knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned. +Final Messages + 12. When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13. Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey with haste, that they may lack nothing. -14. And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.Farewell +14. And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful. +Farewell + 15. All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md index df524c4c..80009ec6 100644 --- a/NKJV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ Greeting + 1. Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 2. to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: -3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Philemon's Love and Faith +3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Philemon's Love and Faith + 4. I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, 5. hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, 6. that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. -7. For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.The Plea for Onesimus +7. For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother. +The Plea for Onesimus + 8. Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, 9. yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you--being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ-- @@ -21,7 +26,9 @@ To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 14. But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary. 15. For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, -16. no longer as a slave but more than a slave--a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.Philemon's Obedience Encouraged +16. no longer as a slave but more than a slave--a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. +Philemon's Obedience Encouraged + 17. If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me. 18. But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account. @@ -29,7 +36,9 @@ To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 20. Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord. 21. Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. -22. But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.Farewell +22. But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you. +Farewell + 23. Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, 24. as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers. @@ -37,3 +46,4 @@ To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 25. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md index a1d21dd2..f2b509c7 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ God's Supreme Revelation 1. God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2. has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3. who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, -4. having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.The Son Exalted Above Angels +4. having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. +The Son Exalted Above Angels + 5. For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, @@ -16,7 +18,8 @@ And He shall be to Me a Son"? 6. But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all the angels of God worship Him." -7. And of the angels He says: +7. +And of the angels He says: "Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire." @@ -28,7 +31,8 @@ A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions." -10. And: +10. +And: "You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. @@ -44,6 +48,8 @@ And Your years will not fail." "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"? -14. Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? +14. +Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md index 8499b6a6..4e60f245 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Do Not Neglect Salvation 1. Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3. how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, -4. God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?The Son Made Lower than Angels +4. God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? +The Son Made Lower than Angels 5. For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6. But one testified in a certain place, saying: @@ -17,7 +18,9 @@ And set him over the works of Your hands. 8. You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. -9. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.Bringing Many Sons to Glory +9. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. +Bringing Many Sons to Glory + 10. For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11. For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, @@ -25,7 +28,8 @@ For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You." -13. And again: +13. +And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me." @@ -37,3 +41,4 @@ And again: 18. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md index da9483eb..ccad50ca 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ The Son Was Faithful 3. For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. 4. For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. 5. And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, -6. but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.Be Faithful +6. but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. +Be Faithful 7. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice, @@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ And they have not known My ways.' 14. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15. while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, -Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers +Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." +Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers + 16. For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17. Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? @@ -37,3 +40,4 @@ Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."Failure of the Wilderness Wandere 19. So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md index 19eee702..99759d7d 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md @@ -17,14 +17,19 @@ Do not harden your hearts." 8. For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. -10. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.The Word Discovers Our Condition +10. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. +The Word Discovers Our Condition + 11. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. -13. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.Our Compassionate High Priest +13. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. +Our Compassionate High Priest + 14. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md index aff521cc..bf596a08 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Qualifications for High Priesthood 1. For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2. He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness. 3. Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins. -4. And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.A Priest Forever +4. And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was. +A Priest Forever + 5. So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, @@ -18,10 +20,13 @@ According to the order of Melchizedek"; 8. though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10. called by God as High Priest "according to the order of Melchizedek," -11. of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.Spiritual Immaturity +11. of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. +Spiritual Immaturity + 12. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md index 78f0d499..71b9a7b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md @@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ The Peril of Not Progressing 6. if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. 7. For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; -8. but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.A Better Estimate +8. but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. +A Better Estimate + 9. But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. 10. For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, -12. that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.God's Infallible Purpose in Christ +12. that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. +God's Infallible Purpose in Christ + 13. For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14. saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ The Peril of Not Progressing 20. where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md index c7d68858..c810b5b4 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ The King of Righteousness 7. Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. 8. Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9. Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, -10. for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.Need for a New Priesthood +10. for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. +Need for a New Priesthood 11. Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12. For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. @@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ The King of Righteousness According to the order of Melchizedek." 18. For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, -19. for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.Greatness of the New Priest +19. for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. +Greatness of the New Priest + 20. And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21. (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: @@ -45,3 +48,4 @@ According to the order of Melchizedek' "), 28. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md index 22381f39..6a069220 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ The New Priestly Service 3. For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4. For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5. who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." -6. But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.A New Covenant +6. But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. +A New Covenant 7. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8. Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah-- @@ -19,3 +20,4 @@ The New Priestly Service 13. In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md index 01019fc6..f7cc4dc1 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md @@ -5,19 +5,25 @@ The Earthly Sanctuary 2. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; 3. and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 4. which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; -5. and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.Limitations of the Earthly Service +5. and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. +Limitations of the Earthly Service + 6. Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance; 8. the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9. It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience-- -10. concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.The Heavenly Sanctuary +10. concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. +The Heavenly Sanctuary + 11. But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14. how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? -15. And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.The Mediator's Death Necessary +15. And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. +The Mediator's Death Necessary + 16. For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17. For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. @@ -25,7 +31,9 @@ The Earthly Sanctuary 19. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20. saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you." 21. Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. -22. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.Greatness of Christ's Sacrifice +22. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. +Greatness of Christ's Sacrifice + 23. Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24. For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; @@ -35,3 +43,4 @@ The Earthly Sanctuary 28. so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md index d0e6fe20..a39bfe7d 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Animal Sacrifices Insufficient 1. For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. -4. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.Christ's Death Fulfills God's Will +4. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. +Christ's Death Fulfills God's Will 5. Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, @@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ To do Your will, O God.' " 8. Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law), 9. then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second. -10. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Christ's Death Perfects the Sanctified +10. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. +Christ's Death Perfects the Sanctified + 11. And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, @@ -30,7 +33,9 @@ To do Your will, O God.' " 16. "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them," 17. then He adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more." -18. Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.Hold Fast Your Confession +18. Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin. +Hold Fast Your Confession + 19. Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20. by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, @@ -38,7 +43,9 @@ To do Your will, O God.' " 22. let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, -25. not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.The Just Live by Faith +25. not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. +The Just Live by Faith + 26. For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27. but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. @@ -63,3 +70,4 @@ My soul has no pleasure in him." 39. But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md index 2285f3c6..db13f305 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md @@ -4,26 +4,31 @@ By Faith We Understand 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. -3. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.Faith at the Dawn of History +3. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. +Faith at the Dawn of History 4. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. 5. By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. -7. By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.Faithful Abraham +7. By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. +Faithful Abraham 8. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10. for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11. By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. -12. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude--innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.The Heavenly Hope +12. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude--innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore. +The Heavenly Hope + 13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15. And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. -16. But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.The Faith of the Patriarchs +16. But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. +The Faith of the Patriarchs 17. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18. of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," @@ -33,7 +38,8 @@ By Faith We Understand 21. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. -22. By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.The Faith of Moses +22. By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. +The Faith of Moses 23. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command. @@ -44,7 +50,9 @@ By Faith We Understand 27. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. -29. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.By Faith They Overcame +29. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned. +By Faith They Overcame + 30. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31. By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. @@ -62,3 +70,4 @@ Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better 40. God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md index 9858403c..af9c49e6 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ The Race of Faith # Chapter 12 1. Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, -2. looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.The Discipline of God +2. looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. +The Discipline of God 3. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. 4. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. @@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ And scourges every son whom He receives." 8. But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10. For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. -11. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.Renew Your Spiritual Vitality +11. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. +Renew Your Spiritual Vitality 12. Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13. and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ And scourges every son whom He receives." 14. Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: 15. looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16. lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. -17. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.The Glorious Company +17. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears. +The Glorious Company + 18. For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, 19. and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. @@ -34,7 +38,9 @@ And scourges every son whom He receives." 22. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23. to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, -24. to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.Hear the Heavenly Voice +24. to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. +Hear the Heavenly Voice + 25. See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26. whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven." @@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ And scourges every son whom He receives." 29. For our God is a consuming fire. + diff --git a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md index d9d7871c..56a6fa30 100644 --- a/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Concluding Moral Directions 6. So we may boldly say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. -What can man do to me?"Concluding Religious Directions +What can man do to me?" +Concluding Religious Directions + 7. Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. 8. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. @@ -25,10 +27,14 @@ What can man do to me?"Concluding Religious Directions 15. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. -17. Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.Prayer Requested +17. Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. +Prayer Requested + 18. Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. -19. But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell +19. But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. +Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell + 20. Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21. make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. @@ -41,3 +47,4 @@ What can man do to me?"Concluding Religious Directions 25. Grace be with you all. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_01.md index c9c0dd9a..b27c3193 100644 --- a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Greeting to the Twelve Tribes # Chapter 1 1. James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: -Greetings.Profiting from Trials +Greetings. +Profiting from Trials + 2. My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3. knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. @@ -11,11 +13,15 @@ Greetings.Profiting from Trials 5. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; -8. he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.The Perspective of Rich and Poor +8. he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. +The Perspective of Rich and Poor + 9. Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, 10. but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. -11. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.Loving God Under Trials +11. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits. +Loving God Under Trials + 12. Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13. Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. @@ -24,10 +30,13 @@ Greetings.Profiting from Trials 16. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. -18. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.Qualities Needed in Trials +18. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. +Qualities Needed in Trials + 19. So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; -20. for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.Doers--Not Hearers Only +20. for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. +Doers--Not Hearers Only 21. Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. @@ -40,3 +49,4 @@ Greetings.Profiting from Trials 27. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. + diff --git a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_02.md index ad82521f..99f9136f 100644 --- a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_02.md @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Beware of Personal Favoritism 10. For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11. For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12. So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. -13. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Faith Without Works Is Dead +13. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. +Faith Without Works Is Dead 14. What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15. If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, @@ -35,3 +36,4 @@ Beware of Personal Favoritism 26. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. + diff --git a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_03.md index 9d85b4c2..d22b8864 100644 --- a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_03.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 9. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. 11. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? -12. Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom +12. Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. +Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom + 13. Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. 14. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 18. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. + diff --git a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_04.md index f05cf19f..8d0fb148 100644 --- a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_04.md @@ -9,15 +9,22 @@ Pride Promotes Strife 6. But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, -But gives grace to the humble."Humility Cures Worldliness +But gives grace to the humble." +Humility Cures Worldliness + 7. Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. -10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.Do Not Judge a Brother +10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. +Do Not Judge a Brother + 11. Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. -12. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?Do Not Boast About Tomorrow +12. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? +Do Not Boast +About Tomorrow + 13. Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; 14. whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. @@ -27,3 +34,4 @@ But gives grace to the humble."Humility Cures Worldliness 17. Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. + diff --git a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_05.md index 27fcc6f4..196f6f78 100644 --- a/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/59_James/Chapter_05.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged 3. Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 4. Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5. You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter. -6. You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.Be Patient and Persevering +6. You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you. +Be Patient and Persevering + 7. Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. @@ -15,16 +17,20 @@ Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged 10. My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. 11. Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord--that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. -12. But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your "Yes" be "Yes," and your "No," "No," lest you fall into judgment.Meeting Specific Needs +12. But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your "Yes" be "Yes," and your "No," "No," lest you fall into judgment. +Meeting Specific Needs 13. Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. -18. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.Bring Back the Erring One +18. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. +Bring Back the Erring One + 19. Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20. let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. + diff --git a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md index 67f24099..81f20de4 100644 --- a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting to the Elect Pilgrims 1. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2. elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: -Grace to you and peace be multiplied.A Heavenly Inheritance +Grace to you and peace be multiplied. +A Heavenly Inheritance + 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4. to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ Grace to you and peace be multiplied.A Heavenly Inheritance 10. Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11. searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. -12. To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into.Living Before God Our Father +12. To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into. +Living Before God Our Father + 13. Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14. as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; @@ -28,7 +32,9 @@ Grace to you and peace be multiplied.A Heavenly Inheritance 18. knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19. but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20. He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you -21. who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.The Enduring Word +21. who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. +The Enduring Word + 22. Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23. having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, @@ -42,3 +48,4 @@ And its flower falls away, Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you. + diff --git a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md index 58a255b6..732c18d7 100644 --- a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Our Inheritance Through Christ's Blood # Chapter 2 1. Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2. as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, -3. if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People +3. if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. +The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People 4. Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5. you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. @@ -22,16 +23,20 @@ And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. 9. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; -10. who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.Living Before the World +10. who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. +Living Before the World + 11. Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, -12. having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.Submission to Government +12. having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. +Submission to Government 13. Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14. or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men-- 16. as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. -17. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.Submission to Masters +17. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. +Submission to Masters 18. Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19. For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. @@ -46,3 +51,4 @@ Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 25. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. + diff --git a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md index 6dd90766..bf1e603e 100644 --- a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md @@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ Submission to Husbands 3. Do not let your adornment be merely outward--arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel-- 4. rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. 5. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, -6. as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.A Word to Husbands +6. as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror. +A Word to Husbands + + +7. Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. +Called to Blessing -7. Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.Called to Blessing 8. Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; 9. not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. @@ -23,13 +27,17 @@ Let him seek peace and pursue it. 12. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their prayers; -But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."Suffering for Right and Wrong +But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." +Suffering for Right and Wrong + 13. And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? 14. But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled." 15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; 16. having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. -17. For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.Christ's Suffering and Ours +17. For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. +Christ's Suffering and Ours + 18. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19. by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, @@ -38,3 +46,4 @@ But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."Suffering for Right and W 22. who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md index 93c10022..5f2705f4 100644 --- a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md @@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ Christ's Example to Be Followed 3. For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4. In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. 5. They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. -6. For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.Serving for God's Glory +6. For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. +Serving for God's Glory + 7. But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." 9. Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10. As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. -11. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.Suffering for God's Glory +11. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. +Suffering for God's Glory + 12. Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13. but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?" 19. Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator. + diff --git a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md index b3ad5158..0e38f98b 100644 --- a/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Shepherd the Flock 1. The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2. Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3. nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; -4. and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.Submit to God, Resist the Devil +4. and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. +Submit to God, Resist the Devil + 5. Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, @@ -15,8 +17,11 @@ But gives grace to the humble." 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. -10. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. -11. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.Farewell and Peace +10. +But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. +11. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. +Farewell and Peace + 12. By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. @@ -25,3 +30,4 @@ But gives grace to the humble." Peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md index e21f1ea8..a65104fb 100644 --- a/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of o 2. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3. as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, -4. by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.Fruitful Growth in the Faith +4. by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. +Fruitful Growth in the Faith + 5. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6. to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, @@ -15,12 +17,15 @@ To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of o 9. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; -11. for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Peter's Approaching Death +11. for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. +Peter's Approaching Death + 12. For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. 13. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, 14. knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. -15. Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.The Trustworthy Prophetic Word +15. Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease. +The Trustworthy Prophetic Word 16. For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17. For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." @@ -31,3 +36,4 @@ To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of o 21. for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. + diff --git a/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md index ac47db73..d482fe0d 100644 --- a/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Destructive Doctrines # Chapter 2 1. But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. -3. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.Doom of False Teachers +3. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. +Doom of False Teachers + 4. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5. and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; @@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ Destructive Doctrines 8. (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)-- 9. then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 10. and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, -11. whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.Depravity of False Teachers +11. whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. +Depravity of False Teachers + 12. But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 13. and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, @@ -20,7 +24,9 @@ Destructive Doctrines 15. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16. but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. -17. These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.Deceptions of False Teachers +17. These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. +Deceptions of False Teachers + 18. For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. @@ -29,3 +35,4 @@ Destructive Doctrines 22. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire." + diff --git a/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md index bd323e1d..cba64570 100644 --- a/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md @@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ God's Promise Is Not Slack 7. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8. But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. -9. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.The Day of the Lord +9. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. +The Day of the Lord + 10. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12. looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? -13. Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.Be Steadfast +13. Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. +Be Steadfast + 14. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15. and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation--as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, @@ -26,3 +30,4 @@ God's Promise Is Not Slack To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md index 47eefd7a..40b3983f 100644 --- a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ What Was Heard, Seen, and Touched 1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life-- 2. the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us-- 3. that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. -4. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.Fellowship with Him and One Another +4. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. +Fellowship with Him and One Another + 5. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. @@ -15,3 +17,4 @@ What Was Heard, Seen, and Touched 10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. + diff --git a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md index c8f43028..710a7465 100644 --- a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ The Test of Knowing Christ # Chapter 2 1. My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. -2. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.The Test of Knowing Him +2. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. +The Test of Knowing Him + 3. Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4. He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. @@ -14,9 +16,12 @@ The Test of Knowing Christ 9. He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. -11. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.Their Spiritual State +11. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. +Their Spiritual State -12. I write to you, little children, + +12. +I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake. 13. I write to you, fathers, @@ -30,11 +35,15 @@ Because you have known the Father. Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, -And you have overcome the wicked one.Do Not Love the World +And you have overcome the wicked one. +Do Not Love the World + 15. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16. For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. -17. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.Deceptions of the Last Hour +17. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. +Deceptions of the Last Hour + 18. Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. 19. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. @@ -43,15 +52,20 @@ And you have overcome the wicked one.Do Not Love the World 21. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. -23. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.Let Truth Abide in You +23. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. +Let Truth Abide in You + 24. Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25. And this is the promise that He has promised us--eternal life. 26. These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. -27. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.The Children of God +27. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. +The Children of God + 28. And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 29. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. + diff --git a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md index 81f400d7..ee972254 100644 --- a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ The Command to Love # Chapter 3 1. Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. -3. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.Sin and the Child of God +3. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. +Sin and the Child of God + 4. Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. @@ -11,7 +13,8 @@ The Command to Love 7. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. -9. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.The Imperative of Love +9. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. +The Imperative of Love 10. In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. 11. For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, @@ -19,7 +22,9 @@ The Command to Love 13. Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. 14. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. -15. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.The Outworking of Love +15. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. +The Outworking of Love + 16. By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17. But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? @@ -29,8 +34,11 @@ The Command to Love 20. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 22. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. -23. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error +23. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. +The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error + 24. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. + diff --git a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md index e5ecead7..752636f8 100644 --- a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md @@ -7,25 +7,33 @@ Love for God and One Another 4. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5. They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. -6. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.Knowing God Through Love +6. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. +Knowing God Through Love 7. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. -11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.Seeing God Through Love +11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. +Seeing God Through Love + 12. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. -16. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.The Consummation of Love +16. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. +The Consummation of Love + 17. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. -19. We love Him because He first loved us.Obedience by Faith +19. We love Him because He first loved us. +Obedience by Faith + 20. If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21. And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. + diff --git a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md index 5fd6cff7..d551599c 100644 --- a/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Obedience by Faith 2. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 4. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. -5. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?The Certainty of God's Witness +5. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? +The Certainty of God's Witness + 6. This is He who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. @@ -15,13 +17,16 @@ Obedience by Faith 10. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. -13. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.Confidence and Compassion in Prayer +13. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. +Confidence and Compassion in Prayer + 14. Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 16. If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. -17. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.Knowing the True--Rejecting the False +17. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. +Knowing the True--Rejecting the False 18. We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. @@ -32,3 +37,4 @@ Obedience by Faith 21. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md index 87ac8d14..fe3a8140 100644 --- a/NKJV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,24 +1,32 @@ Greeting the Elect Lady + 1. The Elder, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth, 2. because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: -3. Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.Walk in Christ's Commandments +3. Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. +Walk in Christ's Commandments + 4. I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. 5. And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. -6. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.Beware of Antichrist Deceivers +6. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. +Beware of Antichrist Deceivers + 7. For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. 9. Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 10. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; -11. for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.John's Farewell Greeting +11. for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. +John's Farewell Greeting + 12. Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. 13. The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md index f906acc1..c31f122f 100644 --- a/NKJV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,26 +1,34 @@ Greeting to Gaius + 1. The Elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth: 2. Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3. For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. -4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.Gaius Commended for Generosity +4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. +Gaius Commended for Generosity + 5. Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers, 6. who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well, 7. because they went forth for His name's sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles. -8. We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.Diotrephes and Demetrius +8. We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth. +Diotrephes and Demetrius + 9. I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. 10. Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words. And not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish to, putting them out of the church. 11. Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God. -12. Demetrius has a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true.Farewell Greeting +12. Demetrius has a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true. +Farewell Greeting + 13. I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink; 14. but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name. + diff --git a/NKJV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md index 478f3721..c21bde7e 100644 --- a/NKJV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ Greeting to the Called + 1. Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: -2. Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.Contend for the Faith +2. Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. +Contend for the Faith + 3. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. -4. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.Old and New Apostates +4. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. +Old and New Apostates + 5. But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6. And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; @@ -15,24 +20,32 @@ To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Ch 8. Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. 9. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" 10. But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. -11. Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.Apostates Depraved and Doomed +11. Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. +Apostates Depraved and Doomed + 12. These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13. raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. 14. Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, -15. to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."Apostates Predicted +15. to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." +Apostates Predicted + 16. These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. 17. But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18. how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. -19. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.Maintain Your Life with God +19. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. +Maintain Your Life with God + 20. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21. keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22. And on some have compassion, making a distinction; -23. but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.Glory to God +23. but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. +Glory to God + 24. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless @@ -46,3 +59,4 @@ Both now and forever. Amen. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md index d8208f67..3c8ff814 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Introduction and Benediction # Chapter 1 1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants--things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2. who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. -3. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.Greeting the Seven Churches +3. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. +Greeting the Seven Churches + 4. John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 7. Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. -8. *"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."*Vision of the Son of Man +8. *"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."* +Vision of the Son of Man + 9. I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 20. *The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.* + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md index e94beb2d..9be6dafa 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md @@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ The Loveless Church 5. *Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent.* 6. *But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.* -7. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." '*The Persecuted Church +7. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." '* +The Persecuted Church + 8. *"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write,* *'These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life:* 9. *"I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.* 10. *Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.* -11. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death." '*The Compromising Church +11. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death." '* +The Compromising Church + 12. *"And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write,* *'These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:* @@ -25,7 +29,9 @@ The Loveless Church 15. *Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.* 16. *Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.* -17. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it." '*The Corrupt Church +17. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it." '* +The Corrupt Church + 18. *"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,* *'These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:* @@ -47,3 +53,4 @@ The Loveless Church 29. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '* + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md index de1cb5ef..ff1464c5 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Dead Church 4. *You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.* 5. *He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.* -6. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '*The Faithful Church +6. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '* +The Faithful Church + 7. *"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,* *'These things says He who is holy, He who is true, "He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens":* @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ The Dead Church 11. *Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.* 12. *He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.* -13. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '*The Lukewarm Church +13. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '* +The Lukewarm Church + 14. *"And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,* *'These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:* @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ The Dead Church 22. *"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." ' "* + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md index c9f3557d..49ff7afa 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created." + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md index 5259587f..e1d6054e 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Lamb Takes the Scroll 5. But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals." 6. And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. -7. Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.Worthy Is the Lamb +7. Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. +Worthy Is the Lamb + 8. Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9. And they sang a new song, saying: @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ And to the Lamb, forever and ever!" 14. Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!" And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md index 7ed8a767..eae6fca3 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md @@ -2,20 +2,30 @@ First Seal: The Conqueror # Chapter 6 1. Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see." -2. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.Second Seal: Conflict on Earth +2. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. +Second Seal: Conflict on Earth + 3. When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see." -4. Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth +4. Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. +Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth + 5. When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. -6. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine."Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth +6. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine." +Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth + 7. When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see." -8. So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs +8. So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth. +Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs + 9. When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" -11. Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances +11. Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. +Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances + 12. I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. @@ -25,3 +35,4 @@ First Seal: The Conqueror 17. For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?" + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md index a04ed9df..7307a9eb 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed; 8. of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; -of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.A Multitude from the Great Tribulation +of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed. +A Multitude from the Great Tribulation + 9. After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10. and crying out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and 17. for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md index 73b295e8..5f56ae51 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md @@ -7,18 +7,27 @@ Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets 4. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand. 5. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake. -6. So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck +6. So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. +First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck + + +7. The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. +Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck -7. The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck 8. Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. -9. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck +9. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. +Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck + 10. Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. -11. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck +11. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter. +Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck + 12. Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. 13. And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!" + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md index 20b8cfc8..7bf4f3de 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit 10. They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon. -12. One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates +12. One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. +Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates + 13. Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14. saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit 21. And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md index d0ae548a..e6023573 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Mighty Angel with the Little Book 5. The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven 6. and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer, -7. but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.John Eats the Little Book +7. but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets. +John Eats the Little Book + 8. Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, "Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth." @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ And he said to me, "Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but i 11. And he said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings." + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md index 0962be66..5fc07580 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md @@ -7,18 +7,24 @@ The Two Witnesses 4. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. 5. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. -6. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.The Witnesses Killed +6. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire. +The Witnesses Killed + 7. When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. 8. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. -10. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.The Witnesses Resurrected +10. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. +The Witnesses Resurrected + 11. Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them. 13. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven. -14. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed +14. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly. +Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed + 15. Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!" 16. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, @@ -36,3 +42,4 @@ And should destroy those who destroy the earth." 19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md index 3e0a5f38..a49a192c 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon 3. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5. She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. -6. Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.Satan Thrown Out of Heaven +6. Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. +Satan Thrown Out of Heaven + 7. And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8. but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon 10. Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. -12. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time."The Woman Persecuted +12. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time." +The Woman Persecuted + 13. Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. @@ -24,3 +28,4 @@ The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon 17. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md index f8857243..deb1bf94 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Beast from the Sea 8. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9. If anyone has an ear, let him hear. -10. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.The Beast from the Earth +10. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. +The Beast from the Earth + 11. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ The Beast from the Sea 18. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md index 7b109c52..e0bbf0a8 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Lamb and the 144,000 2. And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. 3. They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. 4. These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. -5. And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.The Proclamations of Three Angels +5. And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God. +The Proclamations of Three Angels + 6. Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- 7. saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water." @@ -19,11 +21,15 @@ The Lamb and the 144,000 12. Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 13. Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.' " -"Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."Reaping the Earth's Harvest +"Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them." +Reaping the Earth's Harvest + 14. Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. 15. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." -16. So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.Reaping the Grapes of Wrath +16. So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. +Reaping the Grapes of Wrath + 17. Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. @@ -32,3 +38,4 @@ The Lamb and the 144,000 20. And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md index 151a0614..a4eb04db 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ For Your judgments have been manifested." 8. The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md index 8f8c5c84..97d97de9 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ The Seven Bowls # Chapter 16 -1. Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth."First Bowl: Loathsome Sores +1. Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth." +First Bowl: Loathsome Sores -2. So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood -3. Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood +2. So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. +Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood + + +3. Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died. +Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood + 4. Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5. And I heard the angel of the waters saying: @@ -17,13 +23,19 @@ Because You have judged these things. And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due." -7. And I heard another from the altar saying, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments."Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched +7. And I heard another from the altar saying, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments." +Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched + 8. Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. -9. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain +9. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory. +Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain + 10. Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. -11. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up +11. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds. +Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up + 12. Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. 13. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. @@ -31,7 +43,9 @@ For it is their just due." 15. *"Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame."* -16. And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.Seventh Bowl: The Earth Utterly Shaken +16. And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. +Seventh Bowl: The Earth Utterly Shaken + 17. Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" 18. And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. @@ -40,3 +54,4 @@ For it is their just due." 21. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md index 0862b760..65e16543 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. -6. I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast +6. I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. +The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast + 7. But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ OF THE EARTH. 18. And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth." + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md index 7decbb4a..bb464be5 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Fall of Babylon the Great 5. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6. Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7. In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, 'I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.' -8. Therefore her plagues will come in one day--death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.The World Mourns Babylon's Fall +8. Therefore her plagues will come in one day--death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her. +The World Mourns Babylon's Fall + 9. "The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10. standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ The Fall of Babylon the Great 19. "They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.' -20. "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"Finality of Babylon's Fall +20. "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!" +Finality of Babylon's Fall + 21. Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22. The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ The Fall of Babylon the Great 24. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth." + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md index ed37f60e..82f22088 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Heaven Exults over Babylon 8. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9. Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!' " And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God." -10. And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."Christ on a White Horse +10. And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." +Christ on a White Horse + 11. Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. @@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ Heaven Exults over Babylon 15. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND -LORD OF LORDS.The Beast and His Armies Defeated +LORD OF LORDS. +The Beast and His Armies Defeated + 17. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, 18. that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great." @@ -31,3 +35,4 @@ LORD OF LORDS.The Beast and His Armies Defeated 21. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md index 5074efb5..2f43712b 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md @@ -3,16 +3,21 @@ Satan Bound 1,000 Years # Chapter 20 1. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; -3. and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years +3. and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. +The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years + 4. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. -6. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.Satanic Rebellion Crushed +6. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. +Satanic Rebellion Crushed 7. Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8. and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. 9. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. -10. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.The Great White Throne Judgment +10. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. +The Great White Throne Judgment + 11. Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. @@ -21,3 +26,4 @@ Satan Bound 1,000 Years 15. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md index 346dce06..f496d4f2 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ All Things Made New 18. The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20. the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. -21. The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.The Glory of the New Jerusalem +21. The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. +The Glory of the New Jerusalem + 22. But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ All Things Made New 27. But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. + diff --git a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md index 73197617..028e04e3 100644 --- a/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md +++ b/NKJV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The River of Life 2. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3. And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. 4. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. -5. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.The Time Is Near +5. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever. +The Time Is Near + 6. Then he said to me, "These words are faithful and true." And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ The River of Life 9. Then he said to me, "See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." 10. And he said to me, "Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. -11. He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still."Jesus Testifies to the Churches +11. He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still." +Jesus Testifies to the Churches + 12. *"And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.* 13. *I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."* @@ -25,10 +29,14 @@ The River of Life 16. *"I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."* -17. And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.A Warning +17. And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. +A Warning + 18. For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; -19. and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.I Am Coming Quickly +19. and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. +I Am Coming Quickly + 20. He who testifies to these things says, *"Surely I am coming quickly."* Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! @@ -36,3 +44,4 @@ Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! 21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. +