Plans

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And Jehovah answereth me and saith: `Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

And thine ear heareth a word behind thee, Saying, `This <FI>is<Fi> the way, go ye in it,' When ye turn to the right, And when ye turn to the left.

who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way?

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; — read the full passage →

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day; — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

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:

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I <FI>am<Fi> mighty.'

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name; — read the full passage →

continually pray ye; — read the full passage →

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing, — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself, — read the full passage →

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown, — read the full passage →

saying, `Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.' — read the full passage →

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;

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.

`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 →

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

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again; — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation; — read the full passage →

These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder. — read the full passage →

and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass. — read the full passage →

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it, — read the full passage →

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; — read the full passage →

And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: `This <FI>is<Fi> a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But--by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.

No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, <FI>From the<Fi> increase of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

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

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil. — read the full passage →

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment--a tongue of falsehood. — read the full passage →

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. — read the full passage →

By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness, — read the full passage →

The first thing <FI>is<Fi> wisdom--get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of a man <FI>who<Fi> hath found wisdom, And of a man <FI>who<Fi> bringeth forth understanding. — read the full passage →

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist. — read the full passage →

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to all, And His mercies <FI>are<Fi> over all His works.

For I have known that great <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Yea, our Lord <FI>is<Fi> above all gods. — read the full passage →

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

Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him--I set him on high, Because he hath known My name. — read the full passage →

Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons. — read the full passage →

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you. — read the full passage →

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise <FI>is<Fi> in my mouth. — read the full passage →

and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered <FI>in<Fi> the house of the king, more than all the Jews, — read the full passage →

And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> under curtains;' — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.' — read the full passage →

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

`Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest; — read the full passage →

in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it. — read the full passage →

for Jehovah your God--He <FI>is<Fi> God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith, `I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who <FI>are<Fi> in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains; — read the full passage →

And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we <FI>are<Fi> to thee for servants.' — read the full passage →

and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh--food in the cities; and they have kept <FI>it<Fi> , — read the full passage →

And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Hagar; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. — read the full passage →

And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.' — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →