Isaiah 5:1

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.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

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

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

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;

“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.

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,

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.

These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.

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

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.

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

You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

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.

For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

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

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.

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:

You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in; the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.

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.

“Yahweh’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.

Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.

My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.

Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.

He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor desolation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

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

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.

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

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

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.

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first,

All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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

You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.

I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

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

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

In that day, Yahweh’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.

In that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard!

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.

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.

It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs.

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

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.

We love him, because he first loved us.

If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,

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

I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

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.

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies.

In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.

If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be cursed. Come, Lord!

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.

Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”