Job 16:17

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Therefore tell them: Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

“For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.

where then is my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?

If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:

You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”

Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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,

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

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.

I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.

As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before me.

Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness. None of them will remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth. There will be nothing of value among them.

Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

One who hates and divorces”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?

If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.

but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.