Priorities

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. — read the full passage →

“You shall have no other gods before me.

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

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

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

“You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says Yahweh of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house. — read the full passage →

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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 →

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

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.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’This is the first commandment.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

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

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” — read the full passage →

I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. — read the full passage →

I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold. — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold. — read the full passage →

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

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

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Jesus wept.

“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.”

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. — read the full passage →

Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice; — read the full passage →

“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion. — read the full passage →