Psalms 119:138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful. Jeremiah 5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Psalms 135:20 Bless the …
Author Archives: John Bearden
Scriptures to Study – Page 1
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that …
Zebulun – Chapter II
AND now children, I you (sic) to keep the commands of the Lord, and to show mercy to your neighbours, and to have compassion towards all, not towards men only, but also towards beasts. 2 For all this thing’s sake the Lord blessed me, and when all my brethren were sick, I escaped without sickness, …
Zebulun – Chapter I
Zebulun, the sixth son of Jacob and Leah. The inventor and philanthropist., What he learned as a result of the plot against Joseph. THE copy of the words of Zebulun, which he enjoined on his sons before he died in the hundred and fourteenth year of his life, two years after the death of Joseph. …
Issachar – Chapter II
KNOW ye therefore, my children, that in the last times your sons will forsake singleness, and will cleave unto insatiable desire. 2 And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; and forsaking the commandments of the Lord, they will cleave unto Beliar. 3 And leaving husbandry, they will follow after their own wicked devices, and …
Issachar – Chapter I
Issachar, the fifth son of Jacob and Leah. The sinless child of hire for mandrakes. He appeals for simplicity. THE copy of the words of Issachar. 2 For he called his sons and said to them: Hearken, my children, to Issachar your father; give ear to the words of him who is beloved of the …
Judah – Chapter IV
AND now, my children, I command you, love Levi, that ye may abide, and exalt not yourselves against him, lest ye be utterly destroyed. 2 For to me the Lord gave the kingdom, and to him the priesthood, and He set the kingdom beneath the priesthood. 3 To me He gave the things upon the …
Judah – Chapter III
AND now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father, and keep my sayings to perform all the ordinances of the Lord, and to obey the commands of God. 2 And walk not after your lusts, nor in the imaginations of your thoughts in haughtiness of heart; and glory not in the deeds …
Judah – Chapter II
AND eighteen years my father abode in peace with his brother Esau, and his sons with us, after that we came from Mesopotamia, from Laban. 2 And when eighteen years were fulfilled, in the fortieth year of my life, Esau, the brother of my father, came upon us with a mighty and strong people. 3 …
Judah – Chapter I
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. He is the giant, athlete, warrior; he recounts heroic deeds. He runs so fast that he can outstrip a hind. THE copy of the words of Judah, what things he spake to his sons before he died. 2 They gathered themselves together, therefore, and came to him, …
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