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Isa. 64:6  But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Lk. 14:33  So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Ps. 38:4  For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Hab. 2:2  And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Acts 16:29  Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

Acts 16:30  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Acts 2:37  Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Acts 16:30  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Acts 16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Heb. 9:27  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Job 16:21  O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

Job 16:22  When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Ezek. 22:14  Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

Isa. 30:33  For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Matt. 3:7  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matt. 7:13  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Matt. 7:14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Ps. 119:105  NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

2 Pet. 1:19  We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Lk. 14:26  If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Gen. 19:17  And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Jer. 20:10  For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

2 Cor. 4:18  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Rom. 8:18  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Lk. 15:17  And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

1 Pet. 1:4  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Heb. 11:16  But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Lk. 9:62  And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Heb. 9:17  For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Heb. 9:18  Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

Heb. 9:19  For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

Heb. 9:20  Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

Heb. 9:21  Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

Tit. 1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Isa. 45:17  But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

Jn. 10:27  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Jn. 10:28  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Jn. 10:29  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

2 Tim. 4:8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Rev. 22:5  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Matt. 13:43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Isa. 15:8  For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

Rev. 7:16  They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Rev. 7:17  For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Rev. 21:4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Isa. 6:2  Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

1 Thess. 4:16  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1 Thess. 4:17  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Rev. 5:11  And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

Rev. 4:4  And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

Rev. 14:1  And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

Rev. 14:2  And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

Rev. 14:3  And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

Rev. 14:4  These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

Rev. 14:5  And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

Jn. 12:25  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

2 Cor. 5:2  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

2 Cor. 5:3  If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

2 Cor. 5:5  Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Isa. 55:12  For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Jn. 7:37  In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

Jn. 6:37  All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Rev. 21:6  And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Rev. 22:17  And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Ps. 40:2  He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Isa. 35:3  Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isa. 35:4  Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

1 Sam. 12:23  Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

1 Cor. 7:29  But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

Exod. 19:18  And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Exod. 19:16  And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Heb. 12:21  And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

Heb. 12:25  See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

Heb. 10:38  Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

1 Jn. 4:5  They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Gal. 6:12  As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Lk. 13:24  Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Matt. 7:13  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Matt. 7:14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Heb. 11:25  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Heb. 11:26  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Mk. 8:35  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

Jn. 12:25  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Matt. 10:39  He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Lk. 14:26  If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Gal. 4:21  Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

Gal. 4:22  For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

Gal. 4:23  But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

Gal. 4:24  Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

Gal. 4:25  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

Gal. 4:26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Gal. 4:27  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Gal. 3:10  For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Ps. 2:12  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Matt. 7:8  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Jn. 6:37  All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

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14d. And all mankind shall look to the path of uprightness.

14a. And after that, in the ninth week, the righteous judgement shall be revealed to the whole world,

b. And all the works of the godless shall vanish from all the earth,

c. And the world shall be written down for destruction.

15. And after this, in the tenth week in the seventh part,

There shall be the great eternal judgement,

In which He will execute vengeance amongst the angels.

16. And the first heaven shall depart and pass away,

And a new heaven shall appear,

And all the powers of the heavens shall give sevenfold light.

17. And after that there will be many weeks without number for ever,

And all shall be in goodness and righteousness,

And sin shall no more be mentioned for ever.

18. And now I tell you, my sons, and show you

The paths of righteousness and the paths of violence.

Yea, I will show them to you again

That ye may know what will come to pass.

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1Praise[a] the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! 2Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! 3Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! 4Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens!

5Let them praise the name of the Lord, For He commanded and they were created. 6He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away.

7Praise the Lord from the earth, You great sea creatures and all the depths; 8Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; 9Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars; 10Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying fowl; 11Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; 12Both young men and maidens; Old men and children.

13Let them praise the name of the Lord, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven. 14And He has exalted the [b]horn of His people, The praise of all His saints— Of the children of Israel, A people near to Him.

[c]Praise the Lord!

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1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away. Change and decay in all around I see. O thou who changest not, abide with me.

3 I need thy presence every passing hour. What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who like thyself my guide and strength can be? Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless, ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes. Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

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1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away. Change and decay in all around I see. O thou who changest not, abide with me.

3 I need thy presence every passing hour. What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who like thyself my guide and strength can be? Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless, ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes. Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

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Nehemiah Deals with Oppression

1And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren. 2For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

3There were also some who said, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.”

4There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards. 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

6And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these words. 7After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, “Each of you is [a]exacting usury from his brother.” So I [b]called a great assembly against them. 8And I said to them, “According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?”

Then they were silenced and found nothing to say. 9Then I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? 10I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this [c]usury! 11Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.”

12So 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. 13Then I shook out [d]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.

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1 O thou from whom all goodness flows, I lift my soul to thee; In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, Good Lord, remember me.

2 When on my aching, burdened heart My sins lie heavily, Thy pardon grant, new peace impart: Good Lord, remember me.

3 When trials sore obstruct my way, And ills I cannot flee, O let my strength be as my day: Good Lord, remember me.

4 If, for thy sake, upon my name Shame and reproach shall be, All hail reproach, and welcome shame! Good Lord, remember me.

5 If worn with pain, disease, or grief, This feeble frame should be, Grant patience, rest, and kind relief: Good Lord, remember me.

6 When, in the solemn hour of death, I wait thy just decree, Be this the pray'r of my last breath: Good Lord, remember me.

Amen.

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Silently the shades of evening Gather round my lowly door; Silently they bring before me Faces I shall see no more.

O the lost, the unforgotten, Though the world be oft forgot! O the shrouded and the lonely, In our hearts they perish not!

Living in the silent hours, Where our spirits only blend, They, unlinked with earthly trouble, We, still hoping for its end.

How such holy memories cluster, Like the stars when storms are past, Pointing up to that fair heaven, We may hope to gain at last.

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1. Our master has taken His journey To a country that’s far away, And has left us the care of the vineyard, To work for Him day by day.

Refrain There’s a work for me and a work for you, Something for each of us now to do, Yes, a work for me and a work for you, Something for each of us now to do.

2. In this little while, doth it matter, As we work, and we watch, and we wait; If we’re filling the place He assigns us, Be its service small or great. [Refrain]

3. There’s only one thing should concern us, To find just the task that is ours; And then, having found it, to do it With all of our God-giv’n pow’rs. [Refrain]

4. Our master is coming most surely, To reckon with every one; Shall we then count our toil or our sorrow, If His sentence be, Well done? [Refrain]

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11Then I said, “Lord, how long?”

And He answered:

“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, The land is utterly desolate, 12The Lord has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.”

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Where shall my won­der­ing soul be­gin? How shall I all to Heav­en as­pire? A slave re­deemed from death and sin, A brand plucked from eter­nal fire, How shall I eq­ual tri­umphs raise, Or sing my great De­liv­er­er’s praise?

O how shall I the good­ness tell, Father, which Thou to me hast showed? That I, a child of wrath and hell, I should be called a child of God, Should know, should feel my sins for­giv­en, Blessed with this an­te­past of Heav­en!

And shall I slight my Fa­ther’s love? Or base­ly fear His gifts to own? Unmindful of His fa­vors prove? Shall I, the hal­lowed cross to shun, Refuse His right­eous­ness to im­part, By hid­ing it with­in my heart?

No—though the an­cient dra­gon rage, And call forth all his hosts to war, Though earth’s self-right­eous sons en­gage Them and their god alike I dare: Jesus the sin­ner’s friend pro­claim, Jesus, to sin­ners still the same.

Outcasts of men, to you I call, Harlots, and pub­li­cans, and thieves! He spreads His arms t’em­brace you all; Sinners alone His grace re­ceives; No need of Him the right­eous have; He came the lost to seek and save.

Come all ye Mag­da­lens in lust, Ye ruf­fi­ans fell in mur­ders old; Repent, and live: des­pair and trust! Jesus for you to death was sold; Though hell pro­test, and earth re­pine, He died for crimes like yours—and mine.

Come, O my guil­ty breth­ren, come, Groaning be­neath your load of sin! His bleed­ing heart shall make you room, His op­en side shall take you in. He calls you now, in­vites you home— Come, O my guil­ty breth­ren, come!

For you the pur­ple cur­rent flowed In par­dons from His wound­ed side, Languished for you th’eter­nal God, For you the Prince of Glo­ry died: Believe, and all your sin’s for­giv­en; Only be­lieve, and yours is Heav­en!

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3Strengthen the [c]weak hands, And make firm the [d]feeble knees. 4Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.”

2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.

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.

8He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.

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