Proverbs 13:19

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

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.

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.’

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:

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

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.

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.

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

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

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

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

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

“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.

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.”

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

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.

I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

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

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

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

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

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

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

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

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

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

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.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

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

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

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,

God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

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

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’ ”

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

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

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

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.

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.”