Retirement

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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.

When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. — read the full passage →

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. — read the full passage →

Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children. — read the full passage →

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. — read the full passage →

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

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →

“Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — 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 →

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

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

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. — read the full passage →

“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; — read the full passage →

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. — read the full passage →

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver. — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others 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.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

“This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting; — read the full passage →

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he: — read the full passage →

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: — read the full passage →

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple. — read the full passage →

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. — 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 →

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. — read the full passage →

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. — read the full passage →

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

“There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: — read the full passage →

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things: — read the full passage →

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’ — read the full passage →

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. — read the full passage →

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! — read the full passage →

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. — read the full passage →

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

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

For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall have wars.”

This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →