Matthew 22:5

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

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;

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?

“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

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

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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

“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.

Yet in this thing you didn’t believe Yahweh your God,

Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be captured or killed, your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall go in there. I will give it to them, and they shall possess it.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?’ ”

in that day I swore to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

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.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”

The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”

How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.

Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison,

Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city!” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

But I will bring your little ones that you said should be captured or killed in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.

Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

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

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more: