Plans To Prosper

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.

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 →

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

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; — read the full passage →

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

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

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 →

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.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

The end of humility <FI>is<Fi> the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.

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

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

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

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

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

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

and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah turneth back to rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers,

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

And Joshua saith unto the people, `Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.'

and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God <FI>is<Fi> with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them--their God,

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

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint,

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

and ye have kept the words of this covenant, and done them, so that ye cause all that ye do to prosper.

To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest--Thou comfortest me,

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

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,

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

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 thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon--seventy years--I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place. — read the full passage →

For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one--Jehovah.

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

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, — read the full passage →

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

These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said--`Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee,

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth. — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

I--I have spoken, yea, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he hath made prosperous his way.

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son--the only begotten--hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him; — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

And these <FI>are<Fi> words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the remnant of the elders of the removal, and unto the priests, and unto the prophets, and unto all the people--whom Nebuchadnezzar removed from Jerusalem to Babylon, — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

`And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

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.

for till law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

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

`For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon--seventy years--I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah--fear not!

The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.

and Jehovah thy God hath brought thee in unto the land which thy fathers have possessed, and thou hast inherited it, and He hath done thee good, and multiplied thee above thy fathers.

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 →

that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

And I have been found of you--an affirmation of Jehovah; and I have turned back <FI>to<Fi> your captivity, and have gathered you out of all the nations, and out of all the places whither I have driven you--an affirmation of Jehovah--and I have brought you back unto the place whence I removed you.

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

A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. — read the full passage →

Lo, days are coming--an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you <FI>with<Fi> singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

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

Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more <FI>are<Fi> the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah. — read the full passage →

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it <FI>is<Fi> ,' And it saith, `Jehovah <FI> is<Fi> my God!'

And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling.

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying: — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one--My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which <FI>is<Fi> to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

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

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

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 the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou <FI>art<Fi> , and it saith, My God!'

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass on the third day, that Esther putteth on royalty, and standeth in the inner-court of the house of the king over-against the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, over-against the opening of the house, — read the full passage →