Our Countenance

Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

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.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king’s dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants. — read the full passage →

He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. From that which was our father’s, has he gotten all this wealth.” — read the full passage →

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’ — read the full passage →

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds. — read the full passage →

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? — read the full passage →

“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in your midst, even as you yourselves know,

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?” — read the full passage →

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word, — read the full passage →

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him. — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.” — read the full passage →

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.” — read the full passage →

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”

Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.

who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. — read the full passage →

The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

“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.

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. — read the full passage →

A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

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

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. — read the full passage →

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. — read the full passage →

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.

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

I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. — read the full passage →

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.

It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from your midst, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

Yahweh spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

“You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”

You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb. — read the full passage →

The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”