Ecclesiastes 9:17

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

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.

Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”

They told the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet!” When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.

My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.

“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

In his name, the nations will hope.”

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation;

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.

Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”

Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done.

Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Nathan said to David, “You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.

Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!

The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.

He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”

It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honorable.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

“Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the distant islands. Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’

because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”

Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.

Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

He said to the man who had his hand withered, “Stand up.”

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood.

Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

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to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.