Proverbs 25:13

But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

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

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”

but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you,

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.

they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

“ ‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

They said to Joshua, “Truly Yahweh has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”

Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and comes with good news.”

David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, “Your brother Ben Hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.

When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through much giving of thanks to God,

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts.

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,

even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

This will we do, if God permits.

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

For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.