Meditating

But--in the law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches--I meditate on Thee.

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;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

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;

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

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

`And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

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 →

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

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

`He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'

if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or--I do speak from myself.

and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;

and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded--him having had the legion--and they were afraid; — read the full passage →

As to me--not for <FI>any<Fi> wisdom that is in me above any living hath this secret been revealed to me; but for the intent that the interpretation to the king they make known, and the thoughts of thy heart thou dost know.

Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

Every way of a man <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

<FI> Mem.<Fi> O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it <FI>is<Fi> my meditation.

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

`And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known--with all your heart, and with all your soul--that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely. — read the full passage →

`And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned <FI>it<Fi> back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He <FI>is<Fi> God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath--there is none else;

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

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

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth? — read the full passage →

At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye evil in your hearts?

Thou, O king, thy thoughts on thy bed have come up <FI>concerning<Fi> that which <FI>is<Fi> to be after this, and the Revealer of secrets hath caused thee to know that which <FI>is<Fi> to be.

And have given to them a heart to know Me, For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, For they turned back unto Me with all their heart.

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is--as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where <FI>is<Fi> he who is counting? Where <FI>is<Fi> he who is weighing? Where <FI>is<Fi> he who is counting the towers?

Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

Words of the wise <FI>are<Fi> as goads, and as fences planted <FI>by<Fi> the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.

Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

The wise! --his eyes <FI>are<Fi> in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,

Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

Because of this also, we--we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

And he said to them, `Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

And Jesus having known their reasonings, answering, said unto them, `What reason ye in your hearts?

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

And immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, `Why these things reason ye in your hearts?

And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.

And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart,