Proverbs 19:29

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.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

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

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

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

My son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

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

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

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;

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

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

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

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

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

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

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

I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

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

Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

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

for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

These are that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.”

behold, Yahweh’s hand is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

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.

Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

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

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.

Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh won’t listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

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

because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

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

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

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

Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

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

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?

I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?”

“I will set my glory among the nations. Then all the nations will see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.

Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—

for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”