1 Corinthians 1:28

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!

that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

“Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,

Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives;’ and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives;’ they will fall, and never rise up again.”

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”

“In his place a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.

That night, Yahweh’s angel went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.

In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!

It will happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies.

Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.”

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me.

“ ‘Thus my anger will be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I will be comforted. They will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord Yahweh, you know.”

“You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.

They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!

The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

“ ‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’

but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,

It will happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be plucked from the land that you are going in to possess.

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.

Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.