Proverbs 13:15

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

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

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

My son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

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?

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

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

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

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

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.

You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.

I did to them according to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions. I hid my face from them.

PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”

They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

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

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.