Proverbs 15:5

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

“Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as it is today.”

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.

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

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

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

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

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

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.

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed.

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

But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so it was well, then. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

“ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

It will happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants; for I know their ways and what they are doing today, before I have brought them into the land which I promised them.”

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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.

Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”

Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

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

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

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

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

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.”

I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,

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.

David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.