Psalms 37:26

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

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.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.”

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

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

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.”

Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.

Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today.

You will know also that your offspring will be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.” She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.

His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

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.

They will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever. David my servant will be their prince forever.

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

“ ‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

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?

For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,