Proverbs 24:14
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 24:14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
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Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
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.
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
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.
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.
Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
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.
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
So speak and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
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.
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”