Come, my young friends, and listen to me, and I will teach you to honor the LORD.

Then keep from speaking evil and from telling lies.

Sin speaks to the wicked deep in their hearts; they reject God and do not have reverence for him.

He will bless everyone who honors him, the great and the small alike.

"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said. "Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him."

On the third day Joseph said to them, "I am a God-fearing man, and I will spare your lives on one condition.

Obey the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Remember the great things he has done for you.

so Ahab called in Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Obadiah was a devout worshiper of the LORD,

and when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets, Obadiah took a hundred of them, hid them in caves in two groups of fifty, and provided them with food and water.)

What if the spirit of the LORD carries you off to some unknown place as soon as I leave? Then, when I tell Ahab that you are here and he can't find you, he will put me to death. Remember that I have been a devout worshiper of the LORD ever since I was a boy.

Every governor who had been in office before me had been a burden to the people and had demanded forty silver coins a day for food and wine. Even their servants had oppressed the people. But I acted differently, because I honored God.

To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.

"Captain Cornelius sent us," they answered. "He is a good man who worships God and is highly respected by all the Jewish people. An angel of God told him to invite you to his house, so that he could hear what you have to say."

As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who is righteous,

All have turned away from God; they have all gone wrong; no one does what is right, not even one.

their speech is filled with bitter curses.

they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go.

nor have they learned reverence for God."

The way to become wise is to honor the LORD; he gives sound judgment to all who obey his commands. He is to be praised forever.

Praise the LORD! Happy is the person who honors the LORD, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

His family will be wealthy and rich, and he will be prosperous forever.

Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.

The wicked succeed in everything. They cannot understand God's judgments; they sneer at their enemies.

Your righteousness is towering like the mountains; your justice is like the depths of the sea. People and animals are in your care.

Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God; share with him your own justice,

so that he will rule over your people with justice and govern the oppressed with righteousness.

As I learn your righteous judgments, I will praise you with a pure heart.

Save me from the insults I fear; how wonderful are your judgments!

In the middle of the night I wake up to praise you for your righteous judgments.

I know that your judgments are righteous, LORD, and that you punished me because you are faithful.

I will keep my solemn promise to obey your just instructions.

You are righteous, LORD, and your laws are just.

The rules that you have given are completely fair and right.

Your righteousness will last forever, and your law is always true.

Happy are those whose lives are faultless, who live according to the law of the LORD.

He gives his message to his people, his instructions and laws to Israel.

"Give the Israelites the following laws:

No other nation, no matter how great, has laws so just as those that I have taught you today.

We follow your will and put our hope in you; you are all that we desire.

We know that God is right when he judges the people who do such things as these.

Here we see how kind and how severe God is. He is severe toward those who have fallen, but kind to you---if you continue in his kindness. But if you do not, you too will be broken off.

and singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Lord God Almighty, how great and wonderful are your deeds! King of the nations, how right and true are your ways!

Then I heard a voice from the altar saying, "Lord God Almighty! True and just indeed are your judgments!"

True and just are his judgments! He has condemned the prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her immorality. God has punished her because she killed his servants."