Proverbs 12:25

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

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

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

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

For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.

Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

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

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

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.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

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

I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

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.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

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

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

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

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

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.

for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

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.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

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

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,

I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.