Vacation

and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. — read the full passage →

and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

six days is work done, and in the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught, — read the full passage →

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: `In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God, — read the full passage →

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it <FI>is<Fi> a gift of God.

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God, — read the full passage →

And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, — read the full passage →

and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'

`Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.

`If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed, — read the full passage →

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was there alone,

And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word. — read the full passage →

`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'

`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou--Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

`And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer <FI>is<Fi> nigh,

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers. — read the full passage →

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

and in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune;

`Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year; — read the full passage →

I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, — read the full passage →

Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.

for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things; — read the full passage →

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities, — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

`Observe the day of the sabbath--to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; — read the full passage →

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death;

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

have we not authority to eat and to drink? — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah their sanctifier.

And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth. — read the full passage →

And Joseph <FI>is<Fi> a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt;

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding. — read the full passage →

`Better <FI>is<Fi> a handful <FI>with<Fi> quietness, than two handfuls <FI>with<Fi> labour and vexation of spirit.'

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

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 blessing of Jehovah--it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come? — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God. — read the full passage →

`And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase; — read the full passage →

Sweet <FI>is<Fi> the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep. — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; — read the full passage →

and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do, — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart; — read the full passage →

and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness; — read the full passage →

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail <FI>doth<Fi> her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him, — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by <FI>that which is<Fi> not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'

And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus, — read the full passage →

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God. — read the full passage →

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. — read the full passage →

Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.' — read the full passage →

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. — read the full passage →

on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, — read the full passage →

and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing? — read the full passage →

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

`Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that is looking eastward is shut the six days of work, and on the day of rest it is opened, and in the day of the new moon it is opened; — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah, `Go down <FI>to<Fi> the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said, — read the full passage →

Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.

As the chorus of `Mahanaim.' How beautiful were thy feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of thy sides <FI>are<Fi> as ornaments, Work of the hands of an artificer. — read the full passage →

One is my dove, my perfect one, One she <FI>is<Fi> of her mother, The choice one she <FI>is<Fi> of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.

His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires, — read the full passage →

But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, <FI>are<Fi> in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole <FI>is<Fi> before them. — read the full passage →

<FI> As<Fi> cold waters for a weary soul, So <FI>is<Fi> a good report from a far country. — read the full passage →

Deep waters <FI>are<Fi> the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> a flowing brook. — read the full passage →

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born. — read the full passage →

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

My strength and song <FI>is<Fi> Jah, And He is to me for salvation. — read the full passage →

As <FI>with<Fi> milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And <FI>with<Fi> singing lips doth my mouth praise. — read the full passage →

To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders. — read the full passage →

With the very aged <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And <FI>with<Fi> length of days understanding. — read the full passage →

and he is supporting Hadassah--she <FI>is<Fi> Esther--daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman <FI>is<Fi> of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter. — read the full passage →