The Path

Proverbs 30

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¹ The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

² “Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.

³ I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

⁴ Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?

⁵ “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

⁶ Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

⁷ “Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die:

⁸ Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

⁹ lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

¹⁰ “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

¹¹ There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

¹² There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

¹³ There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

¹⁴ There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

¹⁵ “The leach has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’

¹⁶ Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’

¹⁷ “The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

¹⁸ “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:

¹⁹ The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

²⁰ “So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

²³ for an unloved woman when she is married; and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

²⁵ the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

²⁶ The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

²⁷ The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.

²⁸ You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.

²⁹ “There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:

³⁰ The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;

³¹ the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.

³² “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

³³ For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

1 John 4

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¹ Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

² By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

³ and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

⁴ You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

⁵ They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

⁶ We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

⁸ He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

⁹ By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

¹¹ Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

¹² No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

¹³ By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

¹⁴ We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

¹⁵ Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

¹⁶ We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

¹⁷ In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

¹⁹ We love him, because he first loved us.

²⁰ If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

²¹ This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

1 John 5

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¹ Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

³ For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

⁴ For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

⁵ Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶ This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁷ For there are three who testify:

⁸ the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

⁹ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

¹¹ The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

¹² He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹⁴ This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

¹⁵ And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

¹⁸ We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols.