Proverbs 28 (WK) - Bible Truth Library

1 Sam. 15:14‑24• ¹⁴And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
¹⁵And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
¹⁶Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
¹⁷And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel?
¹⁸And Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
¹⁹Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah?
²⁰And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
²¹But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
²²And Samuel said,{HR}Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,{HR}As in obeying the voice of Jehovah?{HR}Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,{HR}And to hearken than the fat of rams.
²³For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.{HR}And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.{HR}Because thou hast rejected the word, of Jehovah,{HR}He hath also rejected thee from being king.
²⁴And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. (1 Sam. 15:14‑24)

1 Sam. 22:14‑15• ¹⁴{i}And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?{/i}
¹⁵{i}Was it today that I began to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king charge anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:14‑15)

1 Kings 18:18,21• ¹⁸{i}And he said,{/i} I have not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed Baalim.
²¹And Elijah came unto all the people and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. (1 Kings 18:18,21)

1 Kings 20:41‑42• ⁴¹And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
⁴²And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people. (1 Kings 20:41‑42)

1 Kings 21:19‑20• ¹⁹And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
²⁰And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of Jehovah. (1 Kings 21:19‑20)

1 Kings 22:19‑28• ¹⁹{i}And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;{/i}
²⁰{i}and Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And one said after this manner, and another said after that manner.{/i}
²¹{i}And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.{/i}
²²{i}And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and also succeed: go forth, and do so.{/i}
²³{i}And now, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee.{/i}
²⁴{i}Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?{/i}
²⁵{i}And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.{/i}
²⁶{i}And the king of Israel said, Take Micah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;{/i}
²⁷{i}and thou shalt say, Thus says the king: Put this man in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.{/i}
²⁸{i}And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you!{/i} (1 Kings 22:19‑28)

2 Kings 3:13‑14• ¹³{i}And Elisha said to the king of Israel{/i}, What have I to do with thee? Get thee to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
¹⁴And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. (2 Kings 3:13‑14)

Neh. 5:7‑13• ⁷{i}And I consulted with myself; and I{/i} rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
⁸And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye, even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
⁹Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
¹⁰{i}I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.{/i}
¹¹{i}Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.{/i}
¹²Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them that they should do according to this promise.
¹³Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise. (Neh. 5:7‑13)

Neh. 13:8‑11,17‑20,23‑26,28• ⁸And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber,
⁹Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
¹⁰{i}And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that{/i} the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled everyone to his field.
¹¹Then contended I with the rulers and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
¹⁷Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath day?
¹⁸Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.
¹⁹{i}And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.{/i}
²⁰{i}And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.{/i}
²³In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
²⁴And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, {i}and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people{/i}.
²⁵And I contended with them, {i}and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair{/i}, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
²⁶{i}Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; but even him did foreign wives cause to sin.{/i}
²⁸{i}And{/i} one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, therefore I chased him from me. (Neh. 13:8‑11,17‑20,23‑26,28)

Matt. 3:7• ⁷{i}But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?{/i} (Matt. 3:7)

Matt. 14:4• ⁴{i}For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.{/i} (Matt. 14:4)

Acts 15:2• ²And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up unto Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. (Acts 15:2)

Acts 19:9• ⁹But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of Tyrannus. (Acts 19:9)

Gal. 2:3‑6• ³(but neither was Titus, that was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)
⁴and [this] on account of the false brethren brought in stealthily, who came in stealthily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring into bondage,
⁵to whom we yielded in subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might abide with you.
⁶But from those reputed to be something, whatsoever they were maketh no difference to me(God accepteth no man's person(for to me those in repute imparted nothing; (Gal. 2:3‑6)

Eph. 5:11• ¹¹and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather also reprove; (Eph. 5:11)

1 Thess. 2:2• ²But having suffered before, and been outraged, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict. (1 Thess. 2:2)

Jude 3• ³Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. (Jude 3)

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