Psalms 119:150

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

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

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

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

I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me.”

I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let’s rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”

“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

who said to God, ‘Depart from us;’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back;

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

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

Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

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

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

Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted 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.

But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.”

and they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned Yahweh their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore Yahweh has brought all this evil on them.’ ”

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

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;

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

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

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

All the people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,

“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.

Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness!

Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?

Then he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he will stumble and fall, and won’t be found.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?”

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.

How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?

The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?

I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?”

But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’ ”

Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed Yahweh’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is today.”

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed Yahweh, their God’s voice, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

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 indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’ ”

They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

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

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

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.