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1ForeverOne spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'When either a man or a woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to ForeverOne, 3he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink. He must not drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.
4All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
5"'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to ForeverOne. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
6"'All the days that he separates himself to ForeverOne he shall not go near a dead body.
7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation to God is on his head.
8All the days of his separation he is holy to ForeverOne.
9"'If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.
10On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
11The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
12He shall separate to ForeverOne the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
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5Thus says ForeverOne: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from ForeverOne.
6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
7Blessed is the man who trusts in ForeverOne, and whose trust ForeverOne is.
8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
10I, ForeverOne, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
11As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
12A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
13ForeverOne, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken ForeverOne, the spring of living waters.
14Heal me, O ForeverOne, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
15Behold, they tell me, Where is the word of ForeverOne? let it come now.
16As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: what came out of my lips was before your face.
17Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
18Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
19Thus said ForeverOne to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20and tell them, Hear the word of ForeverOne, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21Thus says ForeverOne, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
23But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
24If you diligently listen to me, says ForeverOne, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work [then]; 25then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.
26They shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving, to the house of ForeverOne.
27But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
1The word which came to Jeremiah from ForeverOne, saying, 2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
3Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
4When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5Then the word of ForeverOne came to me, saying, 6House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says ForeverOne. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; 8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
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By Solomon.
1God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
2He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
5They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
6He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
7In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
9Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
13He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
15They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.
16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the plants of the field.
17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
18Praise be to ForeverOne God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
19Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
20This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. [BOOK II end]
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13So let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.
14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom the AnointedOne died.
16Then don't let your good be slandered, 17for God's Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18For he who serves the AnointedOne in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19So then, let's follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
20Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
21It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn't judge himself in what he approves.
23But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
24[Some texts place this in Romans 16:25]Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus AnointedOne, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, 25[Some texts place this in Romans 16:26]but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations; 26[Some texts place this in Romans 16:27]to the only wise God, through Jesus AnointedOne, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.
1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2Let each one of us please his neighbor for what is good, to be building him up.
3For even the AnointedOne didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me." 4For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
5Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to AnointedOne Jesus, 6that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus AnointedOne.
7So accept one another, even as the AnointedOne also accepted you, to the glory of God.
8Now I say that the AnointedOne has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers, 9and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name." 10Again he says, "Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people." 11Again, "Praise ForeverOne, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him." 12Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope." 13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
