1 Kings 1:27

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.

For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”

She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.

He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”

Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.”

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’ ”

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it?

Go in to king David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord, king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?” Why then does Adonijah reign?’

Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.

Nathan said, “My lord, king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Yahweh said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”

So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.

The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass this place; for the Syrians are coming down there.”

One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her.

Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?

You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.”

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?

I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”

For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world.”

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: