Proverbs 19:22
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 19:22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
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Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
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.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.”
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.
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,
that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
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.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
“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.”
TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
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.”
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.”
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh; ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’ ”
They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do mischief, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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.”
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.
But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
He who denounces his friends for plunder, Even the eyes of his children will fail.
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;