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Psalms 105:25  ¶He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26  He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27  They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28  He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29  He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30  Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31  He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
32  He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33  He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
34  He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35  And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36  He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37  He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38  Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39  He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40  The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41  He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42  For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
43  And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
44  And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
45  That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

Acts 20:25  And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26  Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27  For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31  Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
32  And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
33  I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34  Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
35  I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
36  ¶And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37  And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38  Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

Psalms 106:1  ¶Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2  Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
3  Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4  Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5  That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6  ¶We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7  Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8  Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9  He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10  And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11  And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12  Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Acts 21:17  And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
18  And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19  And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20  And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21  And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22  What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23  Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24  Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
25  As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
26  Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

Psalms 106:13  ¶They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14  But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15  And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16  They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
17  The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18  And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19  They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20  Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21  They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22  Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23  Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24  Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25  But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26  Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27  To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

Acts 21:27  ¶And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
28  Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
29  (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30  And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
31  And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32  Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
33  Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
34  And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
35  And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
36  For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
37  And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
38  Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
39  But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
40  And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue,

Psalms 106:28  They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29  Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30  Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31  And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32  They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33  Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34  ¶They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35  But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36  And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37  Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38  And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39  Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Acts 22:1  ¶Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
2  (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
3  ¶I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
4  And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5  As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
6  And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
7  And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
9  And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
10  And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
11  And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

Psalms 106:40  Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41  And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42  Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43  Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44  Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45  And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46  He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47  Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48  Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

Acts 22:12  And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
13  Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
14  And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
15  For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17  And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
18  And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19  And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20  And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21  And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22  ¶And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23  And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
24  The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

Psalms 107:1  ¶O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2  Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3  And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4  They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5  Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6  Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7  And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9  For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Acts 22:25  And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26  When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27  Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28  And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29  Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30  On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts 23:1  ¶And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
2  And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
3  Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Psalms 107:10  ¶Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11  Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13  Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16  For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17  ¶Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18  Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19  Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20  He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22  And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

Acts 23:4  And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
5  Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
6  ¶But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
7  And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8  For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9  And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
10  And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
11  And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Psalms 107:23  ¶They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24  These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28  Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29  He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30  Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32  Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.