He abandoned the <sc>Lordsc> God of his ancestors and did not follow the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s instructions.<n id="1" />

He followed in his father Asa&#8217;s footsteps and was careful to do what the <sc>Lordsc> approved.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">I will walk in<n id="1" /> the way of integrity.p> <p class="poetry">When will you come to me?p> <p class="poetry">I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will favor the honest people of the land,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and allow them to live with me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who leads the upright astray in an evil wayp> <p class="poetry">will himself fall into his own pit,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the blameless will inherit what is good.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and shows<n id="2" /> everyone what a fool he is.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will go back the way he came &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he will not enter this city,&#8217; says the <sc>Lord.sc>p>

<p class="poetry">I was angry because of their sinful greed;p> <p class="poetry">I attacked them and angrily rejected them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have brought all this on yourself, Israel,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">by deserting the <sc>Lordsc> your God when he was leading you along the right path.<n id="2" />p>

But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died &#8211; to my sorrow<n id="1" /> &#8211; in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath&#8221; (that is, Bethlehem).<n id="2" />p>

Let us go up at once<n id="1" /> to Bethel. Then I will make<n id="2" /> an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress<n id="3" /> and has been with me wherever I went.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Go up<n id="1" /> to a land flowing with milk and honey. But<n id="2" /> I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you<n id="3" /> on the way.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea,<n id="1" /> to go around the land of Edom, but the people<n id="2" /> became impatient along the way.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Let us<n id="1" /> pass through your land;<n id="2" /> we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King&#8217;s Highway until we pass your borders.&#8221;

Then the <sc>Lordsc> opened Balaam&#8217;s eyes, and he saw the angel of the <sc>Lordsc> standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground.<n id="1" />

When you see<n id="1" /> your neighbor&#8217;s donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it;<n id="2" /> instead, you must be sure<n id="3" /> to help him get the animal on its feet again.<n id="4" />p>

how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.<n id="1" />

The <sc>Lordsc> will cause your enemies who attack<n id="1" /> you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction<n id="2" /> but flee from you in seven different directions.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror<n id="1" /> to all the kingdoms of the earth.

This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.<n id="1" />