8Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. See Num. 21:21-35They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

10Num. 23:11,20;24:1,10but I would not listen to Balaam. Num. 23:11,20;24:1,10Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.

18And the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God."

4[Prov. 10:12;17:9;1 Thess. 5:14;2 Tim. 2:10;1 Pet. 4:8] Love is patient and [2 Cor. 6:6;Gal. 5:22;Eph. 4:32;Col. 3:12] kind; love Acts 7:9does not envy or boast; it See ch. 4:6is not arrogant

7ch. 9:12Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, [See ver. 4above]endures all things.

8Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

92 Cor. 6:6;1 Tim. 1:5;1 Pet. 1:22Let love be genuine. Ps. 97:10;101:3;Amos 5:15;[1 Thess. 5:21,22]Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

10See Heb. 13:1Love one another with brotherly affection. ch. 13:7;Phil. 2:3;1 Pet. 2:17Outdo one another in showing honor.

16ch. 15:5;2 Cor. 13:11;Phil. 2:2;4:2;1 Pet. 3:8Live in harmony with one another. ver. 3;Ps. 131:1;Jer. 45:5Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.12:16 Or give yourselves to humble tasksch. 11:25;Prov. 3:7Never be wise in your own sight.

5The aim of our charge is love 2 Tim. 2:22that issues from a pure heart and 1 Pet. 3:16,21a good conscience and Rom. 12:9;2 Tim. 1:5a sincere faith.

13though formerly I was a blasphemer, See Acts 8:3persecutor, and insolent opponent. But 1 Cor. 7:25;2 Cor. 4:1I received mercy See Acts 3:17because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

17To [Ps. 10:16;Rev. 4:9,10] the King of the ages, ch. 6:15,16;Rom. 1:23immortal, John 1:18;Col. 1:15;Heb. 11:27;1 John 4:12invisible, Jude 25the only God, 1 Chr. 29:11be honor and glory forever and ever.1:17 Greek to the ages of ages Amen.

31 Tim. 2:9;[Isa. 3:18-23]Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—

4but let your adorning be Rom. 2:29;[Rom. 7:22;2 Cor. 4:16;Eph. 3:16]the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, Gen. 18:12calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and Prov. 3:25do not fear anything that is frightening.

1Cited Rom. 15:11Praise the Lord, all nations!Extol him, all peoples!

2For Ps. 103:11;[Ps. 116:5] great is his steadfast love toward us,and [Ps. 100:5] the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.[See Ps. 116:19above]Praise the Lord!

7Beloved, ch. 3:11let us love one another, for love is from God, and ch. 2:29whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

16So John 6:69we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. See ver. 8God is love, and ver. 12;ch. 3:24whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

18There is no fear in love, but [John 3:18;Rom. 8:15] perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not [See ver. 17above]been perfected in love.

1Behold, See ch. 1:15you are beautiful, my love,behold, you are beautiful!ch. 1:15;5:12Your eyes are dovesch. 6:7behind your veil.ch. 6:5;[ch. 7:5] Your hair is like a flock of goatsleaping down Mic. 7:14the slopes of Gilead.

3Your lips are like [Josh. 2:18] a scarlet thread,and your mouth is ch. 1:5;2:14lovely.Your ch. 6:7cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate[See ver. 1above]behind your veil.

10How beautiful is your love, my [See ver. 9above] sister, my bride!How much ch. 1:2,4better is your love than wine,and [ch. 1:3]the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

14ch. 14:1Let all that you do be done in love.

22If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be See Rom. 9:3accursed. Our Lord, come!16:22 Greek Maranatha (a transliteration of Aramaic)

24My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

1Where has your beloved gone,O [See ch. 5:9above]most beautiful among women?Where has your beloved turned,that we may seek him with you?She

3ch. 2:16;7:10I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;he grazes among the lilies.He

4You are beautiful as See 1 Kgs. 14:17Tirzah, See ch. 1:15my love,ch. 1:5lovely as Ps. 48:2;50:2;Lam. 2:15;[Rev. 21:2] Jerusalem,ver. 10awesome as an army with banners.

64Ps. 33:5The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;ver. 12teach me your statutes!Teth

88In your steadfast love ver. 25;See Ps. 71:20give me life,that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.Lamedh

159Consider how I ver. 97love your precepts![See ver. 154above]Give me life, O Lord, according to your steadfast love.

22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

9After this I looked, and behold, [Rom. 11:25] a great multitude that no one could number, ch. 5:9from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ver. 14;See ch. 3:4clothed in white robes, with [Lev. 23:40;John 12:13]palm branches in their hands,

12ch. 5:14;19:4;[1 Chr. 29:10,11]saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."

14I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of See Matt. 24:21the great tribulation. ch. 22:14;[Isa. 1:18;Zech. 3:3-5] They have washed their robes and [Dan. 12:10;1 John 1:7] made them white ch. 1:5in the blood of the Lamb.

29[See ver. 28above] Woe to you, O Moab!You are undone, O people of Judg. 11:24;1 Kgs. 11:7;2 Kgs. 23:13;Jer. 48:7Chemosh!He has made his sons fugitives,and his daughters captives,to an Amorite king, Sihon.

31Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

34Deut. 3:2But the Lord said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. And See ver. 24you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon."

12As the sun was going down, a ch. 2:21deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

16And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for 1 Kgs. 21:26;Amos 2:9the iniquity of the Amorites [Dan. 8:23;Matt. 23:32;1 Thess. 2:16]is not yet complete."

21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites."

8and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

11And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,and some of your young men for Num. 6:2Nazirites.Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?"declares the Lord.

13Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, ch. 13:18who was living by the ch. 12:6oaks14:13 Or terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.

19And he blessed him and said,Heb. 7:6,7"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,Matt. 11:25Possessor14:19 Or Creator; also verse 22 of heaven and earth;

23that [Esth. 9:15,16]I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

8So we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon

9(the Sidonians call ch. 4:48;Josh. 11:3,17;12:5Hermon Ps. 29:6;[ch. 4:48] Sirion, while the Amorites call it 1 Chr. 5:23;Song 4:8;Ezek. 27:5Senir),

24‘O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant ch. 5:24;11:2;32:3;1 Chr. 29:11your greatness and your mighty hand. For See Ex. 15:11what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?

20And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.

21See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. ch. 31:8;Josh. 1:9Do not fear or be dismayed.’

28Where are we going up? Josh. 14:8Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, ch. 9:1,2;See Num. 13:28-33"The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen See Num. 13:22the sons of the Anakim there."’