1992 verses about Holiness

What fellowship shall the wolf have with the lamb? So is the sinner to the godly.

The Lord hates every abomination; And those who fear him love it not.

And they will praise the name of his holiness, That they may declare the majesty of his works.

Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity; And greatly hate the abominable thing.

The Lord alone will be justified.

Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over my heart? That they spare me not for my ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins:

Accustom not your mouth to an oath; And be not accustomed to the naming of the Holy One.

—And the eyes of men are his terror, And he knows not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, Beholding all the ways of men, And looking into secret places.

In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him; And so was I established in Sion.

As cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent of perfumes; And as choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant odour; As galbanum, and onyx, and stacte, And as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.

The fear of the Lord passes all things: He that holds it, to whom shall he be likened?

A shamefast woman is grace upon grace; And there is no price worthy of a continent soul.

If you follow righteousness, you will obtain her, And put her on, as a long robe of glory.

Some of them he exalted and hallowed, And some of them has he made ordinary days.

To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; And to depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice.

As you were sanctified in us before them, So be you magnified in them before us.

And let them know you, as we also have known you, That there is no God but only you, O God.

Fill Sion; exalt your oracles, And fill your people with your glory.

Put away wrong doing, and order your hands aright, And cleanse your heart from all manner of sin.

Hearken to me, you⌃ holy children, And bud forth as a rose growing by a brook of water:

His ways are plain to the holy; So are they stumbling blocks to the wicked.

The fear of the Lord is as a garden of blessing, And covers a man above all glory.

One thing establishes the good things of another: And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?

He made him like to the glory of the saints, And magnified him in the fears of his enemies.

He exalted Aaron, a holy man like to him, Even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.

He established for him an everlasting covenant, And gave him the priesthood of the people; He beautified him with comely ornaments, And girded him about with a robe of glory.

And he compassed him with pomegranates of gold, And with many bells round about, To send forth a sound as he went, To make a sound that might be heard in the temple, For a memorial to the children of his people;

With a holy garment, with gold and blue and purple, the work of the embroiderer, With an oracle of judgement, even with the Urim and Thummim;

With a crown of gold upon the mitre, having graven on it, as on a signet, HOLINESS, An ornament of honor, a work of might, The desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.

His sacrifices shall be wholly consumed Every day twice continually.

Moses consecrated him, And anointed him with holy oil: It was to him for an everlasting covenant, And to his seed, all the days of heaven, To minister to him, and to execute also the priest’s office, And bless his people in his name.

He chose him out of all living To offer sacrifice to the Lord, Incense, and a sweet savor, for a memorial, To make reconciliation for your people.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, In that he was zealous in the fear of the Lord, And stood fast in the good forwardness of his soul when the people turned away, And he made reconciliation for Israel.

Also the judges, every one by his name, All whose hearts went not a whoring, And who turned not away from the Lord, May their memorial be blessed.

In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory; With his whole heart he sang praise, And loved him that made him.

He gave comeliness to the feasts, And set in order the seasons to perfection, While they praised his holy name, And the sanctuary sounded from early morning.

For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, And was strong in the ways of David his father, Which Isaiah the prophet commanded, Who was great and faithful in his vision.

The memorial of Josiah is like the composition of incense Prepared by the work of the apothecary: It shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, And as music at a banquet of wine.

He set his heart right toward the Lord; In the days of wicked men he made godliness to prevail.

For they entreated him evil; And yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet, To root out, and to afflict, and to destroy; And in like manner to build and to plant.

So was Jesus the son of Josedek: Who in their days built the house, And exalted a people holy to the Lord, Prepared for everlasting glory.

It was Simon, the son of Onias, the great priest, Who in his life repaired the house, And in his days strengthened the temple:

And by him was built from the foundation the height of the double wall, The lofty underworks of the inclosure of the temple:

How glorious was he when the people gathered round him At his coming forth out of the sanctuary!

As fire and incense in the censer, As a vessel all of beaten gold Adorned with all manner of precious stones:

As an olive tree budding forth fruits, And as a cypress growing high among the clouds.

When he took up the robe of glory, And put on the perfection of exultation, In the ascent of the holy altar, He made glorious the precinct of the sanctuary.

And all the sons of Aaron in their glory, And the Lord’s offering in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel.

And finishing the service at the altars, That he might adorn the offering of the Most High, the Almighty,

I set my soul aright to her, And in pureness I found her. I got me a heart joined with her from the beginning: Therefore shall I not be forsaken.

O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!

Cast about you the robe of the righteousness which comes from God; set a diadem on your head of the glory of the Everlasting.

For your name shall be called of God forever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of godliness.

and cause not your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham that is beloved of you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one;

like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs; so let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after you, for they shall not be ashamed that put their trust in you.

And blessed is your glorious and holy name: and to be praised and exalted above all forever.

Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory: and to be praised and glorified above all forever.

Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom: and to be praised and extolled above all forever.

Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven: and to be praised and glorified forever.

O let Israel bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O you⌃ that are holy and humble of heart, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

And they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanctuary.

and pollute the sanctuary and those who were holy;

And they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: and they died.

and, behold, our holy things and our beauty and our glory are laid waste, and the Gentiles have profaned them.

And they brought the priests’ garments, and the first fruits, and the tithes: and they stirred up the Nazarites, who had accomplished their days.

And your holy place is trodden down and profaned, and your priests are in heaviness and brought low.

for it is better for us to die in battle, than to look upon the evils of our nation and the holy place.

But Judas and his kindred said, Behold, our enemies are discomfited: let us go up to cleanse the holy place, and to dedicate it afresh.

Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those that were in the citadel, until he should have cleansed the holy place.

And he chose blameless priests, such as had pleasure in the law:

and they cleansed the holy place, and bare out the stones of defilement into an unclean place.

And they took counsel concerning the altar of burnt offerings, which had been profaned, what they should do with it:

and there came into their mind a good counsel, that they should pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it: and they pulled down the altar,

and they built the holy place, and the inner parts of the house; and they hallowed the courts.

And they made the holy vessels new, and they brought the candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings and of incense, and the table, into the temple.

And they burned incense upon the altar, and they lighted the lamps that were upon the candlestick, and they gave light in the temple.

At what time and on what day the Gentiles had profaned it, even on that day was it dedicated afresh, with songs and harps and lutes, and with cymbals.

And they decked the forefront of the temple with crowns of gold and small shields, and dedicated afresh the gates and the priests’ chambers, and made doors for them.

and he gave himself to deliver his people, and to get him an everlasting name;

And Jonathan put on the holy garments in the seventh month of the hundred and sixties year, at the feast of tabernacles, and he gathered together forces, and provided arms in abundance.

And let Jerusalem be holy and free, and her borders; the tenths and the tolls also.

I yield up also my authority over the citadel which is at Jerusalem, and give it to the high priest, that he may appoint in it such men as he shall choose to keep it.

And they cried out to Simon, that he should give them his right hand; and he gave it to them: and he put them out from thence, and he cleansed the citadel from its pollutions.

He glorified the sanctuary, and the vessels of the temple he multiplied.

and that the Jews and the priests were well pleased that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet;

For indeed when our fathers were about to be led into the land of Persia, the godly priests of that time took of the fire of the altar, and hid it privily in the hollow of a well that was without water, wherein they made it sure, so that the place was unknown to all men.

accept the sacrifice for all your people Israel, and guard your own portion, and consecrate it.

Plant your people in your holy place, even as Moses said.

then the king, inclosing the place, made it sacred, after he had proved the matter.

WHEN the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,

and that it was altogether impossible that wrong should be done to them that had put trust in the holiness of the place, and in the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honored over all the world.

And when Onias had sure knowledge of this, he sharply reproved him, having withdrawn himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lies by Antioch.

But not content with this he presumed to enter into the most holy temple of all the earth, having Menelaus for his guide (him that had proved himself a traitor both to the laws and to his country),

even taking the sacred vessels with his polluted hands, and dragging down with his profane hands the offerings that had been dedicated by other kings to the augmentation and glory and honor of the place.

and when he was at the point to die with the stripes, he groaned aloud and said, To the Lord, that has the holy knowledge, it is manifest that, whereas I might have been delivered from death, I endure sore pains in my body by being scourged; but in soul I gladly suffer these things for my fear of him.

So he also died pure from pollution, putting his whole trust in the Lord.

setting before their eyes the outrage that had been lawlessly perpetrated upon the holy place, and the shameful handling of the city that had been turned to mockery, and further the overthrow of the mode of life received from their ancestors.

And having cleansed the sanctuary they made another altar of sacrifice; and striking stones and taking fire out of them, they offered sacrifices, after they had ceased for two years, and burned incense, and lighted lamps, and set forth the show bread.

Now on the same day that the sanctuary was profaned by aliens, upon that very day did it come to pass that the cleansing of the sanctuary was made, even on the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Chislev.