Birthday

`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; — read the full passage →

For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! — read the full passage →

thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine. — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys <FI>is<Fi> with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

`Happy the clean in heart--because they shall see God.

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you, — read the full passage →

for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me--because He is on my right hand--that I may not be moved; — read the full passage →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed--And not one among them.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment, — read the full passage →

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Wisdom <FI>is<Fi> good with an inheritance, And an advantage <FI>it is<Fi> to those beholding the sun.

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee <FI>is<Fi> my praise continually.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. — read the full passage →

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate <FI>us<Fi> into the reign of the Son of His love, — read the full passage →

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

`And--ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

And his sons have gone and made a banquet--the house of each <FI>in<Fi> his day--and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;

`Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.'

Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour--who is Christ the Lord--in the city of David,

And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.

Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

Thus said Jehovah: Withhold thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, For there is a reward for thy work, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have turned back from the land of the enemy. — read the full passage →

After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day. — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

`And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

Why <FI>is<Fi> this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!

for as the woman <FI>is<Fi> of the man, so also the man <FI>is<Fi> through the woman, and the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God.

And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope <FI>is<Fi> on Jehovah his God,

and he is a wild-ass man, his hand against every one, and every one's hand against him--and before the face of all his brethren he dwelleth.'

I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am <FI>he<Fi> , ye shall die in your sins.'

On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life <FI>are<Fi> multiplied to thee. — read the full passage →

to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.

They do praise the name of Jehovah, For He commanded, and they were created.

for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, — read the full passage →

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

Lift up your hands <FI>in<Fi> the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.

And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

As to thy nativity, in the day thou wast born, Thou--thy navel hath not been cut, And in water thou wast not washed for ease, And thou hast not been salted at all, And thou hast not been swaddled at all. — read the full passage →