Friday, December 13, 2013

Sermon on the Mountain XLI

es-chew
(es-choo)v. tr. es-chewed, es-chew-ing, es-chews. To avoid; shun.
Synonyms
es-chew         (es-choo).To get or keep away from. v.shun, keep clear, avoid, dodge, duck, elude, skip out, skip town (informal), escape, slip away, eschew, fight shy of, steal away, give a wide berth to, sidestep, steer clear of, absent.
naught also nought
 (not)n. 1. Nonexistence; nothingness. 2. The figure 0; a cipher; a zero.pron. Nothing: All their work was for naught.adj. 1. Nonexistent. 2. Insignificant.
                                                           American Heritage Talking Dictionary

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also am-ong them.
    And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
    And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
    Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God - for nought?
    Hast - not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
    But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
    And the Lord said unto Satan, -Behold, - all that he hath is in thy power; . . .
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And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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. . . only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
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And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he al-so is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, -after - that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? - even so will I do likewise.
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Satan
The reproving words of Elihu

Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. . .
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And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do - to me?
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And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
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For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; . . .
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And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
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And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood;
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And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
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. . . All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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But of the fruit of the tree which is in the mid-st of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the work-man, Ye shall not surely die:
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Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, -after - that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? - even so will I do likewise.
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
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 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye - even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.


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