Proverbs 21:15
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
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But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
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 I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
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.
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.
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
“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.
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
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.
Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:
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.
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’ ”
but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.
Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
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.”
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?
Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,