Planning

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

Many <FI>are<Fi> the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

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.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

Also, without knowledge the soul <FI>is<Fi> not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. — read the full passage →

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

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

let all things be done decently and in order.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

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

For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

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

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing? — read the full passage →

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways. — read the full passage →

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah,

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!

The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

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.

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

but to us did God reveal <FI>them<Fi> through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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.

Thou hast known that <FI>for<Fi> all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is <FI>any<Fi> device:

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: — read the full passage →

let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty, — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well; — read the full passage →

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

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

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

`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.'

Many <FI>are<Fi> the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth. — read the full passage →

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. — read the full passage →

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou <FI>art<Fi> God.

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing? — read the full passage →

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou <FI>art<Fi> a man of appetite.

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

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That <FI>is<Fi> on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine. — read the full passage →

For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

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. — read the full passage →

during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

let all your things be done in love.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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. — read the full passage →