Proverbs 16:17

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

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.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

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

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

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

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

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.”

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

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

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

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.”

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.

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

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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.

How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

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

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

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

Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

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

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

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

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

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

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

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.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

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.

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

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

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

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

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

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

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see 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.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

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

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

Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

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

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

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

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

But he who endures to the end will be saved.

but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

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

Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,