Proverbs 11:8

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”

I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came near, and put their feet on their necks.

but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.

Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’ ”

Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We are all dead men.”

For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Get out of the way. Turn away from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”

You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

“Therefore behold, I will cause them to know, this once I will cause them to know my hand and my might. Then they will know that my name is Yahweh.”

Therefore Yahweh says: “You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you a liberty,” says Yahweh, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. I will make you be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

“ ‘ “I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I won’t allow my holy name to be profaned any more. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.

Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plan, which he had planned against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

Yahweh said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”

Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!

Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.

I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”

The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.

All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.