Proverbs 8:32

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

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

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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,

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me, I also have heard you,” says Yahweh.

If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

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.

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.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

For I have kept Yahweh’s ways, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

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

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. They have exhausted themselves, and profit nothing. You will be ashamed of your fruits, because of Yahweh’s fierce anger.”

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

“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.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him: