Proverbs 15:9

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

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;

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

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.”

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

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.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.

Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

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

These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

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

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

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.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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

Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

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.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

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

Let all that you do be done in love.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

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.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

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

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

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.

who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.

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.

to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

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

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

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

See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.

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

A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.