Proverbs 16:20

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

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

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.

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

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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;

I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

Yahweh helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

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

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”

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

When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.

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

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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

He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh’s.

“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,

even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them, because they put their trust in him.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.