A king will remain in power as long as his rule is honest, just, and fair.

Love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will embrace.

So then, Your Majesty, follow my advice. Stop sinning, do what is right, and be merciful to the poor. Then you will continue to be prosperous."

There is no other god like you, O LORD; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

You will show your faithfulness and constant love to your people, the descendants of Abraham and of Jacob, as you promised our ancestors long ago.

But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.

He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

He made no difference between us and them; he forgave their sins because they believed.

Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.

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

Sensible people are careful to stay out of trouble, but stupid people are careless and act too quickly.

Do you want to avoid death? Reverence for the LORD is a fountain of life.

Abraham answered, "I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife.

Then I said, "What you are doing is wrong! You ought to obey God and do what's right. Then you would not give our enemies, the Gentiles, any reason to ridicule us.

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.

There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz, who worshiped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil.

and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East.

The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

The LORD asked him, "What have you been doing?" Satan answered, "I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth."

God said to us humans, "To be wise, you must have reverence for the Lord. To understand, you must turn from evil."

All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.

Submit yourselves to one another because of your reverence for Christ.