Genesis 1:4

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’ ”

Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

‘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.

God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.

For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

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.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.

This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:

This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’ ”

Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.

Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.

When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

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.

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

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

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.

There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

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.

They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”