Alliances

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought. — read the full passage →

thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;

`Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and <FI>one<Fi> hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,

take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;

and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'

and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them--thou dost utterly devote them--thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

these have one mind, and their own power and authority to the beast they shall give over;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying, — read the full passage →

and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel,

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.

yea, they forsake Jehovah, and do service to Baal and to Ashtaroth.

and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.

And it cometh to pass, when all the kings who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the low-country, and in every haven of the great sea, over-against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, hear-- — read the full passage →

And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they <FI>are<Fi> Abram's allies.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

And Jehovah hath given wisdom to Solomon as He spake to him, and there is peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they make a covenant both of them.

And now, O Jehovah my God, Thou hast caused thy servant to reign instead of David my father; and I <FI>am<Fi> a little child, I do not know to go out and to come in;

and the sons of Israel have not smitten them, for sworn to them have the princes of the company by Jehovah God of Israel, and all the company murmur against the princes.

Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it--for the time is nigh!

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.'

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their delivering up a complete captivity to Edom, And they remembered not the brotherly covenant,

As grapes in a wilderness I found Israel, As the first-fruit in a fig-tree, at its beginning, I have seen your fathers, They--they have gone in <FI>to<Fi> Baal-Peor, And are separated to a shameful thing, And are become abominable like their love.

and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse one from another.

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. — read the full passage →

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set <FI>it<Fi> , From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I--I have planted <FI>it<Fi> on a mountain high and lofty.

I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not--in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him--in the midst of Babylon--die?

And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed--from his mouth, And flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

In the year of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sendeth him, and he fighteth against Ashdod, and captureth it,

And it cometh to pass in the days of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, gone up hath Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle against it, and he is not able to fight against it. — read the full passage →

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them <FI>are<Fi> dead corpses.

And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead.

and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel, — read the full passage →

and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, `Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it <FI>is<Fi> near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver--its price.' — read the full passage →

And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel--that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.' — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass at the hearing of this word--and he is drinking, he and the kings, in the booths--that he saith unto his servants, `Set yourselves;' and they set themselves against the city. — read the full passage →

And Zimri cometh in and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead; — read the full passage →

And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead. — read the full passage →

And Asa taketh all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and giveth them into the hand of his servants, and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying, — read the full passage →

And Asa taketh all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and giveth them into the hand of his servants, and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,

And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath <FI>is<Fi> from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price; — 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.)

Hiram king of Tyre hath assisted Solomon with cedar-trees, and with fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire; then doth king Solomon give to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath given wisdom to Solomon as He spake to him, and there is peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they make a covenant both of them. — read the full passage →

And David riseth, and passeth over, he and six hundred men who <FI>are<Fi> with him, unto Achish son of Maoch king of Gath; — read the full passage →

and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word <FI>is<Fi> good; come, we go;' and they go unto the city where the man of God <FI>is<Fi> .

And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod, — read the full passage →

And he saith, `What <FI>is<Fi> the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.' — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

And Heber the Kenite hath been separated from the Kenite, from the sons of Hobab father-in-law of Moses, and he stretcheth out his tent unto the oak in Zaanaim, which <FI>is<Fi> by Kedesh.

and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye--ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land--their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice--what <FI>is<Fi> this ye have done?

and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye--ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land--their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice--what <FI>is<Fi> this ye have done? — read the full passage →

And Manasseh hath not occupied Beth-Shean and its towns, and Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Iblaim and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in that land; — read the full passage →

And the Jebusite, inhabiting Jerusalem, the sons of Benjamin have not dispossessed; and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, till this day.

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.

and Judah goeth unto the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron formerly <FI>is<Fi> Kirjath-Arba), and they smite Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. — read the full passage →

and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, `It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'

that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel--one mouth.

And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab, — read the full passage →

`And ye have kept all My statutes, and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land vomiteth you not out whither I am bringing you in to dwell in it; — read the full passage →

according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not. — read the full passage →

take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst; — read the full passage →

they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'

`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause <FI>others<Fi> to turn aside;

this heap <FI>is<Fi> witness, and the standing pillar <FI>is<Fi> witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me--for evil;

and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.' — read the full passage →

and he calleth it Shebah, <FI>oath,<Fi> therefore the name of the city <FI>is<Fi> Beer-Sheba, <FI>well of the oath,<Fi> unto this day.

And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh--Phichol also, head of his host--unto Abraham, saying, `God <FI>is<Fi> with thee in all that thou art doing; — read the full passage →

and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.

Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight. — read the full passage →

Pul king of Asshur hath come against the land, and Menahem giveth to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand. — read the full passage →

seeing Jehovah hath caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse--a noise of great force, and they say one unto another, `Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.'

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

And He also <FI>is<Fi> wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

And the high places that <FI>are<Fi> on the front of Jerusalem, that <FI>are<Fi> on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.

And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and bringeth in the waters to the city, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?