But grow in grace, and {in} the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him {be} glory both now and for ever. Amen.

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also {in the likeness} of {his} resurrection:

Thy people also {shall be} all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; {among them: or, for them}

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, {and} into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, {and} bless his name.

In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew {their} strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; {and} they shall walk, and not faint. {renew: Heb. change}

[A Psalm of David.] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? {abide: Heb. sojourn}

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth {it}; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

And they shall spring up {as} among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, {and} the pine, and the box tree together:

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Blessed {is} the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Thy people also {shall be} all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou {art} my people.

Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. {trust: or, make my refuge}

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also {in the likeness} of {his} resurrection:

Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court {were of} fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and {be} not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, {and} which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward {there shall be} hangings for the court {of} fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

And she {was} a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served {God} with fastings and prayers night and day.