Through-the-bible reading plan (365 days) | American king james version

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Then Naomi her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

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And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley to night in the threshing floor.

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Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and put your raiment on you, and get you down to the floor: but make not yourself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

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And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay you down; and he will tell you what you shall do.

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And she said to her, All that you say to me I will do.

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And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

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And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

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And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

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And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.

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And he said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my daughter: for you have showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you followed not young men, whether poor or rich.

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And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to you all that you require: for all the city of my people does know that you are a virtuous woman.

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And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however, there is a kinsman nearer than I.

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Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning.

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And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

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Also he said, Bring the veil that you have on you, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

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And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

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And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother in law.

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Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

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Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

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And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. And they sat down.

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And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, sells a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

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And I thought to advertise you, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside you; and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem it.

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Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.

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And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: redeem you my right to yourself; for I cannot redeem it.

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Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel.

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Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for you. So he drew off his shoe.

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And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

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Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.

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And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

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And let your house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give you of this young woman.

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So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.

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And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which has not left you this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

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And he shall be to you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter in law, which loves you, which is better to you than seven sons, has born him.

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And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

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And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

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And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

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And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

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And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

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And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

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That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privately; they say, Who shall see them?

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They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

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But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

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So they shall make their own tongue to fall on themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

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And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

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The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. Praise waits for you, O God, in Sion: and to you shall the vow be performed.

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O you that hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.

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Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away.

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Blessed is the man whom you choose, and cause to approach to you, that he may dwell in your courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, even of your holy temple.

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By terrible things in righteousness will you answer us, O God of our salvation; who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off on the sea:

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Which by his strength sets fast the mountains; being girded with power:

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Which stills the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

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They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at your tokens: you make the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

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You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water: you prepare them corn, when you have so provided for it.

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You water the ridges thereof abundantly: you settle the furrows thereof: you make it soft with showers: you bless the springing thereof.

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You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness.

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They drop on the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

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The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

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We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain.

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(For he said, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored you: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. )

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Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

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But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

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By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

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As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

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O you Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.

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You are not straitened in us, but you are straitened in your own bowels.

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Now for a recompense in the same, (I speak as to my children, ) be you also enlarged.

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Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness?

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And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel?

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And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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Why come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

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And will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, said the Lord Almighty.

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