Proverbs 18:1

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

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

I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

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

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

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;

since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

“You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.”

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

Yahweh of Armies says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.”

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

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.

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are among this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.

The children of Israel who had returned out of the captivity, and all who had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,

Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.”

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

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and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

These are those who cause divisions and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

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

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious;

For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,

Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

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

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.