Prolonging Life

In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’” — read the full passage →

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing. — read the full passage →

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →

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.

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. — read the full passage →

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free. — read the full passage →

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.’” — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well. — read the full passage →

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Then don’t let your good be slandered, — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture. — read the full passage →

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.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. — read the full passage →

Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.” — read the full passage →

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — 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?

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. — read the full passage →

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. — read the full passage →

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. — read the full passage →

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! — read the full passage →

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. — read the full passage →

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. — read the full passage →

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. — read the full passage →

Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. — read the full passage →

The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation! — read the full passage →

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

You shall tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

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; — read the full passage →

These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years. — read the full passage →

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work. — read the full passage →

But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

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.

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” — read the full passage →

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. — read the full passage →

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. — read the full passage →

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me,” says Yahweh.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. — read the full passage →

no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. — read the full passage →

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

“Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. Now, behold, I am eighty-five years old, today. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed.

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.” — read the full passage →

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →