Proverbs 10:25

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”

“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh’s angel driving them on.

For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.

Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, evil will go out from nation to nation, and a great storm will be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out, a sweeping storm: it will burst on the head of the wicked.

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

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.

His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

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

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle of the fire.

Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

“but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’

But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’

How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm: It will burst on the head of the wicked.

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.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.