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Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Hear the word of the Lord , ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord , to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Thus saith the Lord God , It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.