Hebrews 5:12

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.

“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

for the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.

Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”

All your children will be taught by Yahweh; and your children’s peace will be great.

I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against me. I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against me and by which they have transgressed against me.

In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none; also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

We have drunken our water for money. Our wood is sold to us.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”

which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.

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

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

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,

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the counsel of Ahithophel both was like this with David and with Absalom.

Worthless men were gathered to him, wicked fellows who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand them.

For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?

Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”

They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,