Proverbs 10:21

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

“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?

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.

I will set up shepherds over them, who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says Yahweh.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

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.

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.

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

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.

Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”

Give us today our daily bread.

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.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

Let still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.

My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

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

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

but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.

The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.

Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.

I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’ ”

But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.”

Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

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.

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

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

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

Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

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

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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.

When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;