Song of Solomon 5:4

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

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.

He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.

There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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.

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem.

“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,

Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.

They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”

“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,

They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship Yahweh in holy array.

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

Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh.

Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, “Don’t cry.”

When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.