Proverbs 4:9

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

“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.’

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,

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.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

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.

As the camels had done drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

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

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

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

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

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

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

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

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.

“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh‘s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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.

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 saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the residue of his people,

I decked you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands, and put a chain on your neck.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

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

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.