Genesis 23:17

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre,

Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.

He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.

He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:

for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.

The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.

Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.”

Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”

You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

“ ‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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,

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”

Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”

As an offering of first fruits you shall offer them to Yahweh, but they shall not rise up as a pleasant aroma on the altar.

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

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

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

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

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”

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

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

Abstain from every form of evil.