Romans 7:15

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.

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;

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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.

“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

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.

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:

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.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

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.

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says Yahweh.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

“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.

Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that didn’t defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

“If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

“I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.

If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

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

Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

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

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God, and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

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

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

Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.

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.”

You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

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

Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.

Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

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

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.

So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.