John 5:3

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’

“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.

For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone; that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.

The Lord Yahweh says, “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”

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.

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.

It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High,

They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.

Yahweh said, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word, there:

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”

The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”