Proverbs 3:11

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

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”

Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it; for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing what is right.

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

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.

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),

David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”

“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

Don’t let your heart faint. Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land. For news will come one year, and after that in another year news will come, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.

What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

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.

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

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.

You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,

Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? Though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

‘You said, “Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.” ’

“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.