Balance In Life

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

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.”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living 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.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

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

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.

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:

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

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.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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?

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

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

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. — read the full passage →

It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come out of them all.

“Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die: — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

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

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself. — read the full passage →

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

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. — read the full passage →

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand? — read the full passage →

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

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

As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” — read the full passage →

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘My God!’”

Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. — read the full passage →