Ruth 2:23

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;

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.

“You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end.

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley had ripened and the flax was blooming.

The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely that is the king of Israel!” and they came over to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out.

He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

I will answer you, and your companions with you.

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.

Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Being let go, they came to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

“ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean. Afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

“ ‘Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.

“ ‘Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.

The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.

You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.

You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you.

Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.

that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.

even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times per year, during the feast of unleavened bread, during the feast of weeks, and during the feast of booths.

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.

“I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and the swarming locusts have devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.

For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,

Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it,

But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.