Proverbs 2:8

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;

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

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

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

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

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

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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.”

You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.

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

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.

They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.

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

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.

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.

Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

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:

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

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

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet. Each receives your words.

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

Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,

No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.

As Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.