Song of Solomon 8:12

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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,

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

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.

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

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

What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh‘s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.

to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

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

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

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

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

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

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.

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

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

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

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

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

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;

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?