Wise Decisions

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

The way of a fool <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel <FI>is<Fi> wise.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

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

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed, — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber; — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Who <FI>is<Fi> this--the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

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 all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

The precepts of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> pure, enlightening the eyes,

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

`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.

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

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren, — read the full passage →

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

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.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

continually pray ye;

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

With the very aged <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And <FI>with<Fi> length of days understanding.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

professing to be wise, they were made fools, — read the full passage →

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

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.

Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; — read the full passage →

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin;

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 →

because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

Jesus who <FI>is<Fi> from Nazareth--how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

For to a man who <FI>is<Fi> good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

O the happiness of a man <FI>who<Fi> hath found wisdom, And of a man <FI>who<Fi> bringeth forth understanding.

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, — read the full passage →

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

and of Him ye--ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

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

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

The first thing <FI>is<Fi> wisdom--get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> all its judgment!

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

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.

all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without, — read the full passage →

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth <FI>are<Fi> to those devising good, — read the full passage →

always rejoice ye; — read the full passage →

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

`And we turn, and journey into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, as Jehovah hath spoken unto me, and we go round the mount of Seir many days. — read the full passage →

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, he said to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

Counsel in the heart of a man <FI>is<Fi> deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction--To err from sayings of knowledge.

A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.

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