Romans 12:16

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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.’”

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

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

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

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

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

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

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

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

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

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

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

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

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?

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

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.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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

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

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.

For I will surely save you, and you won’t fall by the sword, but you will escape with your life; because you have put your trust in me,” says Yahweh.’ ”

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh; ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’ ”

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

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.

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

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

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

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.

by your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”

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.

For you always have the poor with you; but you don’t always have me.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

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.

I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,