Luke 2:52

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Then one of the young men answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.

The servant said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says surely happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”

It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter; for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.

Now there was long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.

I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

You are witnesses of these things.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes.

The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.

Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’ ”

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

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.

“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of Yahweh’s word, which Yahweh spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.”

Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.

then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;

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;”

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.

In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh, the God of Armies, was with him.

I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

But he answered him who spoke to him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”

With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.