Decree

You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

For I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.

Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, — read the full passage →

I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, — read the full passage →

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

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

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,

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.

“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.

“‘If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; — read the full passage →

and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. — read the full passage →

“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”

I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them.

I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them; — read the full passage →

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. — read the full passage →

and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

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.

Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.

Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it; — read the full passage →

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.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying, — read the full passage →

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. — read the full passage →

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

“Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. — read the full passage →

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. — read the full passage →

Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.

keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”

The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, — read the full passage →

Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

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.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. — read the full passage →

Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says. — read the full passage →

Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come. — read the full passage →

Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;

For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: Haven’t you signed an decree, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.

You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

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.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely. — read the full passage →

The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places. — read the full passage →

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you — read the full passage →

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. — read the full passage →

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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 →

They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together.”

As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man. — read the full passage →

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. — read the full passage →

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes. — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →