Romans 11:35

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

and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.

He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city.

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

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.

Therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend will perish.”

“Therefore say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.” ’

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, “That is true.”

Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;

Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”

I looked, and saw a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. It was set on David’s head, and he brought very much plunder out of the city.

(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”

God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:

It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “You shall surely drink.

“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.

A revelation, Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’ ”

He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.

The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.

Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”

Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.

If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.

He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.

Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.

They came in and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice and didn’t walk in your law. They have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do. Therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon them.

Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side.

Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, with all its fullness.”

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”