Psalms 11:3

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

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

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

They will rebuild the old ruins. They will raise up the former devastated places. They will repair the ruined cities that have been devastated for many generations.

I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?

“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.

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.

He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on Yahweh?

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

You have not gone up into the gaps or built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in Yahweh’s day.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

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

It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I visit them, they will be cast down,” says Yahweh.

Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’

In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.

Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.

For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

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,

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Moses said to Yahweh, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring up this people;’ and you haven’t let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’

let the priests take it to them, each man from his donor; and they shall repair the damage to the house, wherever any damage is found.”

I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”

Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.

I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?

Therefore Yahweh says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, but I didn’t send them, yet they say, ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ Those prophets will be consumed by sword and famine.

Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the waste places will be built.

Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.

yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.

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.”

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.

I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars.

Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.

If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

Those who will be of you will build the old waste places. You will raise up the foundations of many generations. You will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Paths with Dwellings.

So I will break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered. It will fall, and you will be consumed in the middle of it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.