Proverbs 12:3

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

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.”

“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.

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.

Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,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

Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

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.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

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

They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.

Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

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

“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

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

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

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.

They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.

Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

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.

Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

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.”

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

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.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”

Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.

Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

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.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.