Today’s
Reading : 1Samuel 17 – 18 and Romans 3 (KJV)
1Samuel 17
1Sa
17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their
armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh,
which belongeth
to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
1Sa 17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered
together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set
the battle in array against the Philistines.
1Sa 17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on
the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was
a valley between them.
1Sa 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp
of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
1Sa 17:5 And he
had a helmet of brass upon his head, and
he was armed with a coat of mail; and
the weight of the coat was five thousand
shekels of brass.
1Sa 17:6 And he
had greaves of brass upon his legs, and
a target of brass between his shoulders.
1Sa 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one
bearing a shield went before him.
1Sa 17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of
Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am
not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let
him come down to me.
1Sa 17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill
me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him,
then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
1Sa 17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of
Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
1Sa 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of
the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
1Sa 17:12 Now David was
the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was
Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1Sa 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of
his three sons that went to the battle were
Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1Sa 17:14 And David was
the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
1Sa 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed
his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
1Sa 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and
evening, and presented himself forty days.
1Sa 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now
for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp
to thy brethren;
1Sa 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain
of their thousand, and look how thy
brethren fare, and take their pledge.
1Sa 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of
Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1Sa 17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and
left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him;
and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and
shouted for the battle.
1Sa 17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the
battle in array, army against army.
1Sa 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of
the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his
brethren.
1Sa 17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there
came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the
armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David
heard them.
1Sa 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the
man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
1Sa 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this
man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth
him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his
daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1Sa 17:26 And David spoke to the men that stood by him,
saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth
this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from
Israel? for who is this uncircumcised
Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1Sa 17:27 And the people answered him after this
manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth
him.
1Sa 17:28 And Eliab his
eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's
anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest
thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the
wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine
heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see
the battle.
1Sa 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there
not a cause?
1Sa 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and
spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former
manner.
1Sa 17:31 And when the words were heard which David
spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul:
and he sent for him.
1Sa 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart
fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
1Sa 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to
go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a
youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
1Sa 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept
his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of
the flock:
1Sa 17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and
delivered it out of his mouth: and when
he arose against me, I caught him by his
beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1Sa 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear:
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath
defied the armies of the living God.
1Sa 17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered
me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver
me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the
LORD be with thee.
1Sa 17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he
put a helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
1Sa 17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour,
and he attempted to go; for he had not proved it.
And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
1Sa 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose
him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which
he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was
in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
1Sa 17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto
David; and the man that bore the shield went
before him.
1Sa 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw
David, he disdained him: for he was but
a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
1Sa 17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest
to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1Sa 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me,
and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the
field.
1Sa 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a
shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the
armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
1Sa 17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine
hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from
thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day
unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the
earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
1Sa 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the
LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our
hands.
1Sa 17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine
arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward
the army to meet the Philistine.
1Sa 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took
thence a stone, and slung it, and smote
the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he
fell upon his face to the earth.
1Sa 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a
sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was
no sword in the hand of David.
1Sa 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the
Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew
him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their
champion was dead, they fled.
1Sa 17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the
gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines
fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and
unto Ekron.
1Sa 17:53 And the children of Israel returned from
chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
1Sa 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine,
and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
1Sa 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the
Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the
host, Abner, whose son is
this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O
king, I cannot tell.
1Sa 17:56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the
stripling is.
1Sa 17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of
the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him
before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
1Sa 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou
young man? And David answered, I am the
son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
1Samuel 18
1Sa
18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end
of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of
David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1Sa 18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him
go no more home to his father's house.
1Sa 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant,
because he loved him as his own soul.
1Sa 18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe
that was upon him, and gave it to David,
and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
1Sa 18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent
him, and behaved himself wisely: and
Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the
people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
1Sa 18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David
was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of
all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
1Sa 18:7 And the women answered one another
as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten
thousands.
1Sa 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying
displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and
to me they have ascribed but thousands:
and what can he have more but the
kingdom?
1Sa 18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and
forward.
1Sa 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the
house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was
a javelin in Saul's hand.
1Sa 18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I
will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
1Sa 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the
LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
1Sa 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made
him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
1Sa 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his
ways; and the LORD was with him.
1Sa 18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved
himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
1Sa 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because
he went out and came in before them.
1Sa 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder
daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be
thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine
hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1Sa 18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is
my life, or my father's family in
Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
1Sa 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that
she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite
to wife.
1Sa 18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and
they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1Sa 18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she
may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be
my son-in-law in the one of the
twain.
1Sa 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say,
Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now
therefore be the king's son-in-law.
1Sa 18:23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the
ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing
to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am
a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
1Sa 18:24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On
this manner spoke David.
1Sa 18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David,
The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred
foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul
thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1Sa 18:26 And when his servants told David these words,
it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the days were not
expired.
1Sa 18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his
men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their
foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the
king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
1Sa 18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that
Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
1Sa 18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David;
and Saul became David's enemy continually.
1Sa 18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went
forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that
David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his
name was much set by.
Romans 3
Rom
3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what
profit is there
of circumcision?
Rom 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto
them were committed the oracles of God.
Rom 3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their
unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
Rom 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every
man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be
justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when
thou art judged.
Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the
righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is
God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? I (speak as a
man)
Rom 3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the
world?
Rom 3:7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded
through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Rom 3:8 And not rather,
(as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do
evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
Rom 3:9 What then? are we better than they?
No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are
all under sin;
Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous,
no, not one:
Rom 3:11 There is none that understandeth,
there is none that seeketh after God.
Rom 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are
together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Rom 3:13 Their throat is
an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps
is under their lips:
Rom 3:14 Whose mouth is
full of cursing and bitterness:
Rom 3:15 Their feet are
swift to shed blood:
Rom 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
Rom 3:17 And the way of peace have they not known:
Rom 3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Rom 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may
be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall
no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is
the knowledge of sin.
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the
law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is
by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is
no difference:
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a
propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the
remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Rom 3:26 To declare, I
say, at this time his righteousness:
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Where is
boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of
faith.
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified
by faith without the deeds of the law.
Rom 3:29 Is he
the God of the Jews only? is he not also
of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Rom 3:30 Seeing it
is one God, which shall justify the
circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through
faith.
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith?
God forbid: yea, we establish the law.