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Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”

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

A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.

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 →

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it, and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me”; — read the full passage →

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, — read the full passage →

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

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.

For the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations.

Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. — read the full passage →

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,

Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. — read the full passage →

Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

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 →

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

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.

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. — read the full passage →

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

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

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,

Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

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.

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;

The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth; — read the full passage →

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. — read the full passage →

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love; — read the full passage →

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

For many are called, but few chosen.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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

Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. — 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. — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.

When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, — read the full passage →

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. — read the full passage →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous, — read the full passage →

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme. — read the full passage →

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

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

I will bring a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; — read the full passage →

Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.” — read the full passage →

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

“You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you; — read the full passage →

The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.

“Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law. — read the full passage →

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

They prayed, and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool. — read the full passage →

I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you. — read the full passage →

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’” — read the full passage →

Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved. — read the full passage →

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? — read the full passage →

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. — read the full passage →

Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. — read the full passage →