1 Chronicles 15

• 1. And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
• 2. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
• 3. And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
• 4. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
• 5. Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
• 6. Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
• 7. Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
• 8. Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
• 9. Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
• 10. Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
• 11. And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
• 12. And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
• 13. For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
• 14. So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
• 15. And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
• 16. And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
• 17. So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
• 18. And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 19. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
• 20. And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
• 21. And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
• 22. And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
• 23. And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 24. And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 25. So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
• 26. And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
• 27. And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
• 28. Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
• 29. And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

James 2

• 1. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
• 2. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
• 3. And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
• 4. Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
• 5. Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 6. But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
• 7. Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
• 8. If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
• 9. But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
• 10. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
• 11. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
• 12. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
• 13. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• 14. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
• 15. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
• 16. And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
• 17. Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
• 18. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
• 19. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
• 20. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
• 21. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
• 22. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
• 23. And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
• 24. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
• 25. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
• 26. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Amos 9

• 1. I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
• 2. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
• 3. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
• 4. And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
• 5. And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
• 6. It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
• 7. Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
• 8. Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
• 9. For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
• 10. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
• 11. In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
• 12. That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
• 13. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
• 14. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
• 15. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

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