Proverbs 2:20

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;

For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,

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

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

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

“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.

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

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

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.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.

“As for the word that you have spoken to us in Yahweh’s name, we will not listen to you.

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.

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

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

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,

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers’ households, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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

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

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

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

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.

but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’

But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’ ”

Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.

Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.

He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

I will answer you, and your companions with you.

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

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

Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”

Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

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

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

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, that you didn’t obey my voice.

that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”

They will inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’

No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

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

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

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

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

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and may Yahweh be with the good.”

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

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

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

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.