And it
came
to pass,
when
he was come near
to enter
into Egypt,
that he
said
unto Sarai his wife,
Behold now,
I know that
thou art a fair woman
to look upon:
Therefore it
shall come
to pass,
when the Egyptians
shall see thee,
that they
shall say,
This is his wife:
and
they will kill me,
but
they will save thee alive.
Say,
I pray thee,
thou art
my sister:
that it
may be well
with me
for thy sake;
and my soul
shall live
because of thee.
And the men
of the place
asked him
of his wife;
and he said,
She is my sister:
for he
feared to say,
She is my wife;
lest,
said he,
the men
of the place
should kill me
for Rebekah;
because
she was
fair
to look upon.
And Jacob
answered
and said
to Laban,
Because I
was afraid:
for I said,
Peradventure
thou wouldest take
by force
thy daughters
from me.
And Aaron said,
Let not
the anger
of my lord wax hot:
thou knowest
the people,
that they
are set
on mischief.
For they said unto me,
Make us gods,
which shall go
before us:
for as
for this Moses,
the man that
brought us up
out of the land
of Egypt,
we wot not
what
is become of him.
And
I said unto them,
Whosoever
hath any gold,
let them
break it off.
So they
gave it me:
then I cast it
into the fire,
and there came
out this calf.
And upon them that
are left alive
of you
I will send
a faintness
into their hearts
in the lands
of their enemies;
and
the sound
of a shaken leaf
shall chase them;
and
they shall flee,
as fleeing
from a sword;
and
they shall fall
when none pursueth.
And
they shall fall one
upon another,
as it were before a sword,
when none pursueth:
and ye
shall have
no power
to stand
before your enemies.
Nevertheless
the people
be strong
that dwell
in the land,
and the cities
are walled,
and very great:
and
moreover we
saw
the children
of Anak there.
But the men that
went up
with him said,
We be not able
to go up
against the people;
for they
are stronger
than we.
And they
brought
up an evil report
of the land
which they
had searched
unto the children
of Israel,
saying,
The land,
through which
we have gone
to search it,
is a land
that eateth up the inhabitants
thereof;
and all
the people
that we
saw
in it are men
of a great stature.
And there
we saw
the giants,
the sons of Anak,
which come
of the giants:
and
we were in our own sight as grasshoppers,
and so
we were in their sight.
And all
the congregation
lifted
up their voice,
and cried;
and the people
wept that night.
And all
the children
of Israel
murmured
against Moses
and against Aaron:
and the whole congregation
said unto them,
Would God
that we
had died
in the land
of Egypt!
or would God
we had died
in this wilderness!
And wherefore hath
the LORD
brought us
unto this land,
to fall
by the sword,
that our wives
and our children
should be
a prey?
were
it not better
for us
to return
into Egypt?
And
they said one
to another,
Let us
make
a captain,
and let us
return
into Egypt.
Then Moses and
Aaron fell
on their faces
before all
the assembly of the congregation
of the children
of Israel.
Notwithstanding
ye would not go up,
but rebelled
against the commandment
of the LORD your God:
And ye
murmured
in your tents,
and said,
Because the LORD
hated us,
he hath brought
us forth
out of the land
of Egypt,
to deliver us
into the hand
of the Amorites,
to destroy us.
Whither shall
we go up?
our brethren
have discouraged
our heart,
saying,
The people
is greater
and taller
than we;
the cities
are great
and walled
up to heaven;
and
moreover we
have seen
the sons
of the Anakims there.
And the officers
shall speak further
unto the people,
and
they shall say,
What man
is there that is
fearful
and fainthearted?
let him
go and return
unto his house,
lest
his brethren's heart
faint as well as
his heart.
How should one chase
a thousand,
and two
put ten thousand
to flight,
except their Rock
had sold them,
and the LORD
had shut them up?
And
as soon as we
had heard
these things,
our hearts
did melt,
neither did there remain
any more courage
in any man,
because of you:
for the LORD your God,
he is God
in heaven above,
and
in earth
beneath.
And it
came
to pass,
when all
the kings
of the Amorites,
which were on the side
of Jordan westward,
and all
the kings
of the Canaanites,
which were by the sea,
heard
that the LORD
had dried
up the waters
of Jordan from
before the children
of Israel,
until we
were passed over,
that their heart melted,
neither was there spirit
in them any more,
because of the children
of Israel.
And the men of Ai
smote of them
about thirty
and six men:
for they
chased them from
before the gate
even unto Shebarim,
and smote them
in the going down:
wherefore
the hearts
of the people melted,
and became
as water.
But these five kings fled,
and hid themselves
in a cave
at Makkedah.
One man of you
shall chase
a thousand:
for the LORD your God,
he it
is that
fighteth for you,
as he
hath promised you.
Now therefore go to,
proclaim
in the ears
of the people,
saying,
Whosoever
is
fearful
and afraid,
let him
return and depart early
from mount Gilead.
And there returned
of the people twenty
and two thousand;
and there remained ten thousand.
When the men
of Israel
saw
that they
were in a strait,
(for the people
were distressed,)
then the people
did hide themselves
in caves,
and in thickets,
and in rocks,
and
in high places,
and in pits.
And some of the Hebrews
went over Jordan
to the land
of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul,
he was yet
in Gilgal,
and all
the people
followed him trembling.
And Samuel said,
How can
I go?
if Saul
hear it,
he will kill me.
And the LORD said,
Take an heifer
with thee,
and say,
I am come
to sacrifice
to the LORD.
And all
the men
of Israel,
when
they saw the man,
fled from him,
and were sore afraid.
And there came
a messenger
to David,
saying,
The hearts
of the men
of Israel
are after Absalom.
And David
said
unto all
his servants
that were with him
at Jerusalem, Arise,
and let us flee;
for we shall not else escape
from Absalom:
make
speed
to depart,
lest
he overtake us
suddenly,
and bring evil
upon us,
and smite
the city
with the edge
of the sword.
And the king's servants
said
unto the king,
Behold,
thy servants
are ready
to do whatsoever
my lord the king
shall appoint.
And the king
went forth,
and all
his household
after him.
And the king
left ten women,
which were concubines,
to keep the house.
And the king
went forth,
and all
the people
after him,
and tarried
in a place
that was
far off.
Trouble
and anguish
shall make him afraid;
they shall prevail against him,
as a king ready
to the battle.
Terrors shall make him afraid
on every side,
and shall drive him
to his feet.
The children
of Ephraim,
being armed,
and carrying bows,
turned
back
in the day
of battle.
The wicked
flee
when
no man pursueth:
but the righteous
are bold
as a lion.
The fear of man
bringeth a snare:
but
whoso putteth
his trust
in the LORD shall be safe.
I,
even I,
am he
that comforteth you:
who art thou,
that thou
shouldest be afraid
of a man
that shall die,
and
of the son
of man which
shall be made
as grass;
And forgettest
the LORD thy maker,
that hath stretched
forth the heavens,
and laid
the foundations
of the earth;
and hast feared continually
every day
because
of the fury
of the oppressor,
as if
he were ready
to destroy?
and
where is the fury
of the oppressor?
And
he saith unto them,
Why are
ye fearful,
O ye
of little faith?
Then he arose,
and rebuked
the winds
and the sea;
and there was
a great calm.
And
in the fourth watch
of the night Jesus
went unto them,
walking
on the sea.
But all this
was done,
that the scriptures
of the prophets
might be fulfilled.
Then
all the disciples
forsook him,
and fled.
Now Peter
sat without
in the palace:
and a damsel
came unto him,
saying,
Thou
also wast
with Jesus
of Galilee.
But he
denied
before them all,
saying,
I know not
what thou sayest.
And
when
he was gone out
into the porch,
another maid
saw him,
and said
unto them that
were there,
This fellow
was also
with Jesus
of Nazareth.
And
again
he denied
with an oath,
I do not know
the man.
And after a while
came unto him they
that stood by,
and said
to Peter,
Surely
thou
also art one
of them;
for thy speech
bewrayeth thee.
Then began
he to curse and
to swear,
saying,
I know not
the man.
And immediately
the cock crew.
And
for fear
of him the keepers
did shake,
and became
as dead men.
And
he was in the hinder part
of the ship,
asleep
on a pillow:
and
they awake him,
and say unto him,
Master,
carest
thou
not
that we perish?
For they
all saw him,
and were troubled.
And immediately
he talked with them,
and
saith unto them,
Be of good cheer:
it is I;
be not afraid.
And as Peter
was beneath
in the palace,
there cometh one
of the maids
of the high priest:
And when she
saw Peter
warming himself,
she looked upon him,
and said,
And
thou also wast
with Jesus
of Nazareth.
But he denied,
saying,
I know not,
neither understand I
what thou sayest.
And he
went out
into the porch;
and the cock crew.
And a maid
saw him again,
and began to say
to them
that stood by,
This is one
of them.
And
he denied it again.
And a little after,
they that
stood by
said again
to Peter,
Surely
thou art one
of them:
for thou
art a Galilaean,
and thy speech
agreeth thereto.
But
he began to curse
and
to swear,
saying,
I know not
this man of whom
ye speak.
And the second
time the cock crew.
And Peter
called
to mind
the word that Jesus
said unto him,
Before the cock crow twice,
thou shalt deny me thrice.
And
when
he thought thereon,
he wept.
And
he said unto them,
Where is your faith?
And
they being afraid wondered,
saying one
to another,
What manner
of man
is this!
for he
commandeth even the winds
and water,
and they obey him.
Then took
they him,
and led him,
and brought him
into the high priest's house.
And Peter
followed afar off.
And
when
they had kindled
a fire
in the midst
of the hall,
and
were set down together,
Peter
sat down among them.
But a certain maid
beheld him as he
sat
by the fire,
and
earnestly looked upon him,
and said,
This man
was also with him.
And
he denied him,
saying,
Woman,
I know him not.
And after a little
while another
saw him,
and said,
Thou art
also of them.
And Peter said,
Man,
I am not.
And
about the space
of one hour
after another
confidently affirmed,
saying,
Of a truth
this fellow
also was with him:
for he
is a Galilaean.
And Peter said,
Man,
I know not
what thou sayest.
And immediately,
while he
yet spake,
the cock crew.
So when
they had rowed
about five
and twenty
or thirty furlongs,
they see Jesus
walking
on the sea,
and drawing nigh
unto the ship:
and
they were afraid.
These words
spake his parents,
because
they feared
the Jews:
for the Jews
had agreed already,
that if any man
did confess
that he
was Christ,
he should be put
out of the synagogue.
Nevertheless among the chief rulers
also many
believed on him;
but
because
of the Pharisees
they did not confess him,
lest
they should be put
out of the synagogue:
For they loved
the praise
of men
more than the praise
of God.
But Peter
stood
at the door
without.
Then went out
that other disciple,
which was known
unto the high priest,
and spake unto her
that kept
the door,
and brought in Peter.
Then saith
the damsel
that kept
the door
unto Peter,
Art not
thou
also one
of this man's disciples?
He saith,
I am not.
And Simon Peter
stood and warmed himself.
They said therefore unto him,
Art not
thou
also one
of his disciples?
He denied it,
and said,
I am not.
Peter
then denied again:
and immediately
the cock crew.
And from thenceforth
Pilate
sought
to release him:
but the Jews cried out,
saying,
If thou let
this man go,
thou art
not Caesar's friend:
whosoever
maketh himself
a king
speaketh against Caesar.
When Pilate
therefore heard
that saying,
he brought Jesus forth,
and sat down
in the judgment seat
in a place
that is called
the Pavement,
but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
And it
was the preparation
of the passover,
and
about the sixth hour:
and
he saith unto the Jews,
Behold your King!
But
they cried out,
Away with him,
away with him,
crucify him.
Pilate
saith unto them,
Shall I
crucify your King?
The chief priests answered,
We have no king
but Caesar.
Then delivered
he him
therefore unto them to be crucified.
And
they took Jesus,
and led him away.
And the keeper
of the prison
awaking
out of his sleep,
and seeing
the prison doors open,
he drew out his sword,
and would have killed himself,
supposing
that the prisoners
had been fled.
But
when Peter
was come
to Antioch,
I withstood him
to the face,
because
he was
to be blamed.
For before that certain
came from James,
he did eat
with the Gentiles:
but
when
they were come,
he withdrew
and separated himself,
fearing them
which were of the circumcision.
And the other Jews
dissembled likewise
with him;
insomuch
that Barnabas
also was carried away
with their dissimulation.
But
when
I saw
that they
walked not uprightly according to
the truth
of the gospel,
I said unto Peter
before them all,
If thou,
being a Jew,
livest after the manner
of Gentiles,
and not as do
the Jews,
why compellest
thou the Gentiles
to live
as do the Jews?