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Africa
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And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, — read the full passage →
And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem; — read the full passage →
And Miriam speaketh--Aaron also--against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;
As sons of Cushim are ye not to Me? O sons of Israel--an affirmation of Jehovah. Israel did I not bring up out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir? — read the full passage →
And I have cast upon thee abominations, And dishonoured thee, and made thee as a sight. — read the full passage →
Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God.
and he hath ruled over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt, and Lubim and Cushim <FI>are<Fi> at his steps.
And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas, — read the full passage →
And sons of Ham <FI>are<Fi> Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan. — read the full passage →
the name of the one <FI>is<Fi> Pison, it <FI>is<Fi> that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold <FI>is<Fi> , — read the full passage →
Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling--treading the bow.
and He saith, `If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.
And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,
And Jehovah smiteth the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,
And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, `He hath come out to fight with thee;' and he heareth, and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,
And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah <FI>to<Fi> the wilderness of Judah, which <FI>is<Fi> in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people.
`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →
And unto Jeremiah hath a word of Jehovah been--in his being detained in the court of the prison--saying: — read the full passage →
And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who <FI>is<Fi> in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin, — read the full passage →
And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, come up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem--because they trespassed against Jehovah-- — read the full passage →
and they go to the entrance of Gedor, unto the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock, — read the full passage →
Sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. — read the full passage →
For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him <FI>with<Fi> one shoulder. — read the full passage →
`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →
And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also--Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother--and Saul;
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →
Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.
And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus--he <FI>is<Fi> Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces--
After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;
And Jehovah waketh up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who <FI>are<Fi> beside the Cushim, — read the full passage →
And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart, — read the full passage →
(Pharaoh king of Egypt hath gone up and doth capture Gezer, and doth burn it with fire, and the Canaanite who is dwelling in the city he hath slain, and giveth it <FI>with<Fi> presents to his daughter, wife of Solomon.)
And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. — read the full passage →
And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, `Let me run, I pray thee, and I bear the king tidings, for Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of his enemies;' — read the full passage →
And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt, — read the full passage →
and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which <FI>is<Fi> before Egypt, in <FI>thy<Fi> going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen.
And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →
A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezikiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amoz, king of Judah:
And the daughter of Pharaoh hath Solomon brought up from the city of David to the house that he built for her, for he said, `My wife doth not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for they are holy unto whom hath come the ark of Jehovah.'
three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses,
In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.
And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, gone up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem, — read the full passage →
And the Canaanite--king Arad--dwelling in the south, heareth that Israel hath come the way of the Atharim, and he fighteth against Israel, and taketh <FI>some<Fi> of them captive. — read the full passage →
`A witch thou dost not keep alive. — read the full passage →
`When thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast possessed it, and dwelt in it, and thou hast said, Let me set over me a king like all the nations which <FI>are<Fi> round about me, -- — read the full passage →
In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,
in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,
The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness. — read the full passage →
And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, `Come and behold!' — read the full passage →
liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude, — read the full passage →
`And in the twenty and fourth day of the first month, I have been by the side of the great river, that <FI>is<Fi> Hiddekel:
Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired, — read the full passage →
In the tenth year, in the tenth <FI>month<Fi> , in the twelfth of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying, — read the full passage →
And Jehovah hath devoted to destruction The tongue of the sea of Egypt, And hath waved His hand over the river, In the terror of his wind, And hath smitten it at the seven streams, And hath caused <FI>men<Fi> to tread <FI>it<Fi> with shoes.
Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine; — read the full passage →
and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us; — read the full passage →
And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding <FI>day<Fi> to Rhodes, and thence to Patara, — read the full passage →
And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles; — read the full passage →
and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,
Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'
And he said unto them, `O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake! — read the full passage →
great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be; — read the full passage →
And they impress a certain one passing by--Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus--that he may bear his cross,
And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!' — read the full passage →
Therefore, say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the way of your fathers are ye defiled? And after their detestable things go a-whoring? — read the full passage →
And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? again thou dost turn, thou dost see greater abominations than these.' — read the full passage →
`And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city--Jerusalem, — read the full passage →
Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field. — read the full passage →
And Baruch saith to them, `From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.' — read the full passage →
In those days, and at that time, I cause to shoot up to David a shoot of righteousness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness in the earth. — read the full passage →
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been from Jehovah, saying: — read the full passage →
Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens. — read the full passage →
Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people. — read the full passage →
Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.' — read the full passage →
Thus said Jehovah: `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away. — read the full passage →
And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine. — read the full passage →
Ho, land shadowed <FI>with<Fi> wings, That <FI>is<Fi> beyond the rivers of Cush, — read the full passage →
In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look. — read the full passage →
By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. — read the full passage →
A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? — read the full passage →
At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary. — read the full passage →
Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors. — read the full passage →
Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. — read the full passage →
Precious in the eyes of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the death for His saints.
`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness:' — read the full passage →
By sons of Korah. --A Psalm, a song. His foundation <FI>is<Fi> in holy mountains. — read the full passage →
To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob. — read the full passage →
A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee. — read the full passage →
And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years. — read the full passage →
If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people-- — read the full passage →
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel--nine years, — read the full passage →
Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord-- — read the full passage →
for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →
and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all <FI>these<Fi> to come to pass, but the end is not yet. — read the full passage →
A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel: — read the full passage →
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, hath sent him from Ramah, in his taking him--and he a prisoner in chains--in the midst of all the removal of Jerusalem and of Judah, who are removed to Babylon. — read the full passage →
The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem: — read the full passage →
And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.' — read the full passage →
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