Hebrews 10:37

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!

It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.

Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”

“For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord Yahweh; “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

Tell them, ‘ “As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?” ’

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”

or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”

and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years,

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains, for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

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.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’ ”

“Therefore say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.” ’

“The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished; for that which is determined will be done.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”

Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.

He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.

For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”

Isn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?

I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, Yahweh, will do this quickly in its time.”

“ ‘ “But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.

For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;

and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near.

Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.