Proverbs 28:20

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

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.”

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

Israel took for themselves only the livestock and the goods of that city, according to Yahweh’s word which he commanded Joshua.

Moreover they didn’t demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.

Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.

“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

Tell the children of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:

“Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.

So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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.”

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?

I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.”

The men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to give direction; and others of the Levites, who were all skillful with musical instruments.

Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”