But I used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should become thus for me; for it is better for me rather to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

Because if in anything I have boasted to him concerning you, I was not put to shame, but as we spoke all things to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus became truth.

this Ezra came up out of Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. And the king granted him [leave], for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him in all things which he sought.

For in the first [day] of the first month he began the going up from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth month, they came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was upon him.

and has given me favor in the eyes of the king, and of his counselors, and all the rulers of the king, the exalted ones. And I was strengthened according to the good hand of God upon me, and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me.

And now, [my] son Solomon, know the God of your fathers, and serve Him with a perfect heart and a willing soul; for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you should forsake Him, He will forsake you forever.

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward Him. In this you have done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with you.

Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear Him, those that hope in His mercy;

to deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears [are open] to their prayer;

The Lord will redeem the souls of His servants; and none of those that hope in Him shall go wrong.

Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us; therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.

Woe to the transgressor! Evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.

TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for Him; the soul which shall seek Him

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

For the eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and His ears [open] to their prayer; but the face of the LORD is against those doing evil."

when you transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which He has commanded us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.

And he went out to meet Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him out, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Let Your hand be found by all Your enemies; let Your right hand find all that hate You.

You shall make them as a fiery oven at the time of Your presence; the Lord shall trouble them in His anger, and fire shall devour them.

but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,

Who knows the power of Your wrath?

Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, says the Lord.

And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will remove the names of Baal out of this place, and the names of the priests;

and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.

But the just shall live by faith, and if he withdraws, My soul has no pleasure in him."

For the eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and His ears [open] to their prayer; but the face of the LORD is against those doing evil."