Proverbs 24:31

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

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

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”

Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.

Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.

Now therefore know certainly that you will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live there.”

Then you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’ ” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

“The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me. He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press.

I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest,’ and the animals of the field shall eat them.

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.

Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.” ’

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it; But Yahweh doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.

They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

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.

Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.

For Yahweh says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.

For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.

Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.