VERSES FOR OFFERINGS

Think about giving – it's truly beautiful in God's eyes. When you're preparing your offering, remember it should be your best, given with a sincere heart. It should be a joyful act, knowing how much God has already blessed us with, even when we don't deserve it. He's been incredibly generous, hasn't He?

If you only give what's leftover, well, life might just mirror that back to you. Think about it – give as if you're giving to yourself. Don't do it out of obligation or because you expect something in return. True giving comes from the heart.

Don't make a big show of it either. It's not about getting praised or patted on the back. Let your giving be a quiet act between you and God. He sees what's in your heart, and He loves a cheerful giver. Remember what it says in 2 Corinthians 9:7: "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."

Giving is an act of worship, a way to give back a portion of what God has already given us. And when God gives, He gives abundantly. When you offer from the heart, you're opening the door for even more blessings. The more you give, the more you receive. It's a beautiful cycle.

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words.

And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

He hath remembered his covenant for ever,\par\tab The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,{\i The covenant} which he made with Abraham,\par\tab And his oath unto Isaac,And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute,\par\tab To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.

For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.\par

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.

for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, {\cf6 This cup is the new covenant in my blood, {\i even} that which is poured out for you.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.For if that first {\i covenant} had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

{\b This is the covenant that I will make with them\par\tab After those days, saith the Lord:\par\tab I will put my laws on their heart,\par\tab And upon their mind also will I write them};\par\tab {\i then saith he,}{\b And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.}

{\b And this is my covenant unto them,\par\tab When I shall take away their sins.}

Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

My covenant will I not break,\par\tab Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

{\i The covenant} which he made with Abraham,\par\tab And his oath unto Isaac,And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute,\par\tab To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Gather my saints together unto me,\par\tab Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, {\i even} counsels of old, in faithfulness {\i and} truth.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.\par

Be surety for thy servant for good:\par\tab Let not the proud oppress me.

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,\par\tab And his righteousness unto children's children;

For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.\par

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee.

All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth\par\tab Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages:

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:

by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

For finding fault with them, he saith,\par\tab {\b Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,\par\tab That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;}{\b Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers\par\tab In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt;\par\tab For they continued not in my covenant,\par\tab And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.}{\b For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel\par\tab After those days, saith the Lord;\par\tab I will put my laws into their mind,\par\tab And on their heart also will I write them:\par\tab And I will be to them a God,\par\tab And they shall be to me a people:}

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;\par\tab And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

{\b ZAYIN.}\par\par\tab Remember the word unto thy servant,\par\tab Because thou hast made me to hope.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.\parAbraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;and Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon; and Nahshon begat Salmon;and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;and Jesse begat David the king.\par\par\tab And David begat Solomon of her {\i that had been the wife} of Uriah;and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;and Asa begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Uzziah;and Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah;and Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and Manasseh begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah;and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.\parAnd after the carrying away to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel; and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;and Zerubbabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.\parSo all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.\par

To show mercy towards our fathers,\par\tab And to remember his holy covenant;The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, {\b And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.}

who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service {\i of God}, and the promises;whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.\par

For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, {\b Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.}Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, {\b The righteous shall live by faith};and the law is not of faith; but, {\b He that doeth them shall live in them.}Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, {\b Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree}:that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.\par

Now even the first {\i covenant} had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, {\i a sanctuary} of this world.

the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;which {\i is} a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

He showeth his word unto Jacob,\par\tab His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.He hath not dealt so with any nation;\par\tab And as for his ordinances, they have not known them.\par\tab Praise ye Jehovah.

And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

He maketh peace in thy borders;\par\tab He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

But chose the tribe of Judah,\par\tab The mount Zion which he loved.And he built his sanctuary like the heights,\par\tab Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.\par

And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.\par

But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.}\par

Blessed {\i be} the Lord, the God of Israel;\par\tab For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us\par\tab In the house of his servant David

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, {\i even} as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same {\i Lord} is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him:for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for {\i God's} own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

He hath given food unto them that fear him:\par\tab He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

Who made heaven and earth,\par\tab The sea, and all that in them is;\par\tab Who keepeth truth for ever;

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.\par

Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah;

For this cause {\i it is} of faith, that {\i it may be} according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

{\i The covenant} which he made with Abraham,\par\tab And his oath unto Isaac,

To such as keep his covenant,\par\tab And to those that remember his precepts to do them.

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

{\b This is the covenant that I will make with them\par\tab After those days, saith the Lord:\par\tab I will put my laws on their heart,\par\tab And upon their mind also will I write them};\par\tab {\i then saith he,}

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.

If his children forsake my law,\par\tab And walk not in mine ordinances;If they break my statutes,\par\tab And keep not my commandments;Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,\par\tab And their iniquity with stripes.

Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness;\par\tab For they have been ever of old.Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:\par\tab According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me,\par\tab For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written,\par\tab {\b There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer;\par\tab He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:}{\b And this is my covenant unto them,\par\tab When I shall take away their sins.}

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

{\b A Song of Ascents; of David.}\par\par\tab Behold, how good and how pleasant it is\par\tab For brethren to dwell together in unity!

To him that smote Egypt in their first-born;\par\tab For his lovingkindness {\i endureth} for ever;And brought out Israel from among them;\par\tab For his lovingkindness {\i endureth} for ever;With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm;\par\tab For his lovingkindness {\i endureth} for ever:

{\b Behold, my servant whom I have chosen;\par\tab My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased:\par\tab I will put my Spirit upon him,\par\tab And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.}

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, {\i even the blood} of Christ:

What then shall we say to these things? If God {\i is} for us, who {\i is} against us?

He hath sent redemption unto his people;\par\tab He hath commanded his covenant for ever:\par\tab Holy and reverend is his name.

Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see {\i his} seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.He shall see of the travail of his soul, {\i and} shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.

But go ye and learn what {\i this} meaneth, {\b I desire mercy, and not sacrifice}: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.}\par

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;\par\tab And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

He hath remembered his covenant for ever,\par\tab The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious,\par\tab Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:\par\tab Bind them about thy neck;\par\tab Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:So shalt thou find favor and good understanding\par\tab In the sight of God and man.

Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages:saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.

And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness {\i endureth} for ever,\par\tab And his faithfulness unto all generations.\par

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,\par\tab And thy law is truth.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:\par\tab Jehovah is gracious and merciful.

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

For his anger is but for a moment;\par\tab His favor is for a life-time:\par\tab Weeping may tarry for the night,\par\tab But joy {\i cometh} in the morning.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, {\b But the righteous shall live by faith.}\par

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:\par\tab Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul:\par\tab The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart:\par\tab The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever:\par\tab The ordinances of Jehovah are true, {\i and} righteous altogether.More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold;\par\tab Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

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

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, {\i even} our Lord Jesus,make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom {\i be} the glory for ever and ever. Amen.\par

He healeth the broken in heart,\par\tab And bindeth up their wounds.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments,\par\tab Which I have loved.I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved;\par\tab And I will meditate on thy statutes.\par

I will worship toward thy holy temple,\par\tab And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:\par\tab For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Come, and see the works of God;\par\tab {\i He is} terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.\parAnd it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

My covenant will I not break,\par\tab Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.Once have I sworn by my holiness:\par\tab I will not lie unto David:

I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night,\par\tab And have observed thy law.

But {\i it is} not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

And he remembered for them his covenant,\par\tab And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,\par\tab My lips shall praise thee.

yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God,

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me:\par\tab Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, {\i endureth} for ever;\par\tab Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul.\par\tab O Jehovah my God, thou art very great;\par\tab Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment;\par\tab Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters;\par\tab Who maketh the clouds his chariot;\par\tab Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;Who maketh winds his messengers;\par\tab Flames of fire his ministers;Who laid the foundations of the earth,\par\tab That it should not be moved for ever.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

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