Exodus 5:17

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.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

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.

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

When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

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

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

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

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

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

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

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.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

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.

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

Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?

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?’

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

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.

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

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

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

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

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,

You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’

The people went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil.

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will go over the sea for us, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance. They boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Behold, isn’t it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

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

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

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.”

When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”

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.”

I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”

“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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?

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.”

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.