Deuteronomy 30:13

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great caravan, including camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”

For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.

Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,

Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

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.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”

A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.