Sermon on the Mountain XXXIV

re-prove

(ri-proov)v. tr. re-proved, re-prov-ing, re-proves. 1. To voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke. See Synonyms at admonish. 2. To find fault with.[Middle English reproven, from Anglo-Norman repruver, variant of Old French reprover, from Late Latin reprobare, to disapprove. See REPROBATE.]--re-prov'a-ble adj. --re-prov'er n. --re-prov'ing-ly adv.

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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.

And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

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And the Lord said unto Cain, - Where is Ab-el -thy brother?

And he said, I know not: Am I - my brother's keeper?

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Also he sent forth a dove - from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:

 then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

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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? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou moved-st me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it - pleaseth thee.

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Unto the work-man he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, - he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all - that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved

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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

And now art thou cursed - from the earth, which hath opened her mouth - to receive - thy brother's blood - from thy hand;

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And the Lord God said unto the work-man, What is this that thou hast done?

And the work-man said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat - all the days of thy life:

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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but - a dead man, for the work-man which thou hast taken; for she - is a man's wife.

But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, -even she her-self said, He is my brother:

in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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Or how wilt thou say to - thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;

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Bless the Lord, all his works - in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

  Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

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and, behold, a beam - is in - thine own eye?

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Where-fore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

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Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

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Sermon on the Mountain XXXIII

Judgement

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, - after the name of his son, Enoch.

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And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, - but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

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Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: - they judge not the fatherless, - neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

tin

(tin)n. 1.   SymbolSn. A malleable, silvery metallic element obtained chiefly from cassiterite. It is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion and is a part of numerous alloys, such as soft solder, pewter, type metal, and bronze.

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And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: - afterward thou shalt be called, - The city of righteousness, - the faithful city.

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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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Zi-on shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

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And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them - under the oak which was by Shechem.

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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

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Judge not, - that - ye be not judged.

For with what judgment ye judge, - ye shall be judged: and with what measure - ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

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He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, . . .

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And surely your blood of your lives will I require; - at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; - at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

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. . .Thou wilt not require it.

Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness - till thou find none.

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And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

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Sermon on the Mountain XXXII

For the poor shall never cease out of the land:

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

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And why take ye thought for raiment?

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  Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

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Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; - they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

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And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?

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And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

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or, What shall we drink?

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Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

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or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order - for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

          Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make.

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

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Beware - that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

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Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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