Being Silent

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah. — read the full passage →

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

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

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

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.

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

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. — read the full passage →

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.”

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.

God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.

As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a band of raiders; and they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. As soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved. — read the full passage →

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. — read the full passage →

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

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.

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. — read the full passage →

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”

“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

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

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them, — read the full passage →

When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. — read the full passage →

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way. — read the full passage →

When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen. — read the full passage →

Then Yahweh said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go out.

O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance.

“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is none like me;

Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.

Thus says Yahweh: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.

I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me; — read the full passage →

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.

“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me. — read the full passage →

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

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

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”

I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’

in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.

Now when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;) — read the full passage →

don’t cover their iniquity, and don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.

Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. — read the full passage →

As they still went on, and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.