Proverbs 15:19
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 15:19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Morphological data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left.
Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
“Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn away from it to the right hand or to the left;
He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”
You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Build up, build up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths.
A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
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.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider that this nation is your people.”
My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.
With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
There will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
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.
Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.
that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”
The Lord Yahweh says, “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.
“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
Many nations will go and say, “Come! Let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law will go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem;
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.
He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.