112811 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah

"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, and said, 'I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He heard me; …

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112611 O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah

"Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, 'Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.  For thus Amos saith, 'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out …

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112511 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live

"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph."  …

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112411 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

"Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,  'You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.'   Can two walk together, except they …

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112311 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.   Egypt shall …

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112211 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt

"When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.  And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, 'Let the men …

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112111 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love

"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called My son out of Egypt.  As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.  I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.  I …

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112011 His going forth is prepared as the morning

"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up.  After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.  Then shall we know, if we …

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111911 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea

"The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, 'Go, …

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111711 God hath not appointed us to wrath

"Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.  For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.  But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, …

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111611 For ye are our glory and joy

"But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.  Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.  For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? …

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111411 His dominion is an everlasting dominion

"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him.  And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His …

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111311 Thy God whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee

"Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, 'Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, 'That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.'  Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king …

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111211 …The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure

"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.    Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone …

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