1The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle. Thus says the man: I am weary, O God, I am weary, O God. How can I prevail? 2Surely I am too stupid to be human; I do not have human understanding. 3I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the holy ones. 4Who…

1 God has taken his place in the divine council;in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:2 “How long will you judge unjustlyand show partiality to the wicked? 3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.4 Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the…

15Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16but Peter was standing outside at the gate. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who guarded the…

1If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as…

1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth — a stranger, and not your own lips. 3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. 4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but…

1 Praise the LORD, all you nations!Extol him, all you peoples!2 For great is his steadfast love toward us,and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.Praise the LORD!

18Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19They answered, “John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.” 20He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter…

7Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’ face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside, 8how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory? 9For if there was…

1See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise,…